MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.9% 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	114% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

12 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '23 at 17:46
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600KF-$180 65,122 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 (56^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 686 78% 608 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 535.98 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 129 Parallax 129 92% 124 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 120 Splatting 109 88% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 423GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 363 367 368 368 370 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 472 Mixed 434 SusWrite 369 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 54.9 179% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 353 265% 353 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 129%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$88 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 870GB free Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1505 1633 1786 1832 1848 1841 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 1,182 Write 1,648 Mixed 1,358 SusWrite 1741 336% 1,482 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 56.1 186% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,212 DQ Write 1,003 DQ Mixed 1,104 828% 1,107 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 365%
Verbatim STORE N GO 16GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 8GB free, PID 1f23 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 20 20 20 20 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 6% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 23.9 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 22.9 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 97%

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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) - $135

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $262Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,839x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,623x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,261x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	765x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	560x
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	404x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	346x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $99Bench 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 $60Bench 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: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $736

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16