MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.8% 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	70.4% 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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181114
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '24 at 02:43
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 82.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 255 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 593 71% 546 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC2) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.86 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 99.6 Parallax 102 88% 103 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 88 81% 101 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 136 125 121 118 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 429 Write 249 Mixed 192 SusWrite 128 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 29 110% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 183 158% 239 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 223GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 424 415 442 440 432 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 430 Mixed 384 SusWrite 426 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 45.8 151% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 350 263% 352 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 658GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 185 181 187 184 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 200 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 185 120% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.5 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 12: 0P 0R 1G 9B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
12%	29%	34	213	59	144	27"	1280 720	GSM5B7F LG ULTRAGEAR

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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 $260Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,823x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,609x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,254x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	757x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	555x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 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 $95Bench 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 $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	266x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	250x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 16,423 samples	218x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $719

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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