MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78% 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	304% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 12 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '23 at 07:02
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$137 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 296 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 705 80% 624 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78% Very good	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 98.3 Parallax 89.6 81% 95.9 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 77.2 71% 88.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 231GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1016 811 817 822 809 820 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 2,608 Write 2,337 Mixed 1,748 SusWrite 849 421% 1,886 MB/s	4K Read 67 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 88.2 291% 99.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,571 DQ Write 995 DQ Mixed 1,090 864% 1,219 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 128GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 462 317 318 318 318 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 457 Mixed 420 SusWrite 367 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 55.7 186% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 353 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 491GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 158 160 161 161 158 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 143 Write 139 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 158 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 191 194 189 192 196 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 100 Write 114 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 191 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 197% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 31,785 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 32 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 43.4 SC Mixed 28.2 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 119%

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Typical MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) Builds (Compare 7,351 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 $264Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,838x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,620x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,260x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	765x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	560x
RTX 2060Nvidia $287Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	403x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	346x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	306x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	215x

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: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $743

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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