MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190326
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '19 at 02:51
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 151 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 1,116 102% 857 Pts	64-Core 1,171 72% 1,171 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% XFX(1682 9587) CLim: 1580 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 98.7 63% 84.9 fps	MRender 77 Gravity 79.6 Splatting 64.1 59% 73.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,960 Write 9,028 Mixed 8,838 2,000% 8,942 MB/s	4K Read 720 4K Write 393 4K Mixed 472 1,903% 528 MB/s	DQ Read 2,098 DQ Write 1657 DQ Mixed 1,680 1,311% 1,811 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 7,011 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 359GB free Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 579 577 575 576 576 576 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,099 Write 585 Mixed 493 SusWrite 576 153% 688 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 46.1 195% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,043 DQ Write 596 DQ Mixed 606 508% 748 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 172%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 103 104 108 110 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	60% Above average	Read 100 Write 126 Mixed 54 SusWrite 107 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.7 212% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 90%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 107 108 109 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 92 Write 94.5 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 108 67% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 2x8GB 30,532 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 27.5 100% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 30.1 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 110%

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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) - $200

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,800x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,599x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,243x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	744x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	554x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	396x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	342x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	299x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	212x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	264x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	249x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 16,423 samples	216x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $768

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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