MSI X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B05
Motherboard	MSI X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170721
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 10:05
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 82.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 85% 155 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 1015 90% 762 Pts	64-Core 1,407 87% 1,407 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 148 Parallax 127 114% 138 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,028 Write 2,096 Mixed 1,499 418% 1,874 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 69.3 263% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,295 DQ Write 1,088 DQ Mixed 1,191 892% 1,191 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Transcend SSD370S 512GB-$209 3,350 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 401GB free Firmware: N1114H SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 433 433 435 435 434 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 427 Mixed 307 SusWrite 434 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 37 140% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 196 171% 253 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 111%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 569GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 43 45 47 44 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 77.8 Write 80 Mixed 45 SusWrite 45.4 46% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 63%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 139 138 138 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 134 Write 124 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 137 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 121 122 122 121 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 174 Write 170 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 121 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 96%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4.5TB free Firmware: AR17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 160 162 164 164 167 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 52.5 MC Mixed 28.1 106% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 10.8 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 61%

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Typical X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05) Builds (Compare 115 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	29x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	22x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	15x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	11x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	10x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	9x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	6x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	39x
8x8GBUnknownBench 94%, 4,255 samples	17x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	17x

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Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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