MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190821
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '22 at 17:03
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$242 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 80.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 283 89% 166 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 822 84% 677 Pts	64-Core 1,023 63% 1,023 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 517.48 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.4% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 161 Parallax 118 93% 131 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 107 Splatting 99.3 100% 126 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU750 1TB 2,753 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 656GB free (System drive) Firmware: XA051R21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 57 234 142 111 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 403 Write 396 Mixed 247 SusWrite 135 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 39.5 137% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 223 172% 238 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$47 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 829GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 108 106 103 104 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 144 Write 98 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 104 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 76% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 106%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 140 136 137 139 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 89.5 Write 55.5 Mixed 69 SusWrite 138 65% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK32GX4M4B3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK32GX4M4B3200C16 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 17.2 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 109%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) Builds (Compare 7,326 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 114%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) - $145

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $242Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,830x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,616x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,256x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	761x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	558x
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	402x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	346x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $91Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	303x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	213x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	267x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	251x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 16,423 samples	220x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $695

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16