MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201010
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '23 at 01:00
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 88 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 91% 166 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 780 82% 658 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Zotac(19DA 3527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.2% Very good	Lighting 93.7 Reflection 95.5 Parallax 86.2 76% 91.8 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 76 70% 87 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 440 451 464 466 467 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 417 Write 190 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 450 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 17.2 4K Mixed 12.2 67% 19 MB/s	DQ Read 36.3 DQ Write 17.4 DQ Mixed 18.8 16% 24.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 100%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2013)-$55 4,092 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 142GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 93 91 93 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 95.8 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 92.2 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 59%
MB2000GDUNV 2TB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 17GB free Firmware: HPG4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 137 137 139 137 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 131 Write 136 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 137 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 93%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 88GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 123 123 126 123 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 181 Write 180 Mixed 30 SusWrite 123 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 107%
Seagate Expansion HDD 2TB 567 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 112GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 82 80 89 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 58.5 Write 93.8 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 83.6 58% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 69%
USB3.0 Super Speed 320GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 52GB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 85 86 85 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 95.3 Write 103 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 85.4 112% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 39%
Mass Storage Device 2TB 346 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 164GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 35 34 35 35 35 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 50 Write 35 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 34.5 48% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 60% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 27%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,195 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 103GB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 42 43 43 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 39.7 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 42.5 48% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 74% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 355 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 24 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 100%

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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) - $150

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $295Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,809x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,603x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,247x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	748x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	555x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	398x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	302x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	213x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	264x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	249x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 16,423 samples	218x

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Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $754

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16