MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	59.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit, Χρώματα 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190326
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 00:09
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 265 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 1,192 101% 872 Pts	64-Core 1,655 102% 1,655 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.28 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 67.8 64% 74.8 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 73.7 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,574 Write 2,266 Mixed 1,482 468% 2,107 MB/s	4K Read 63.9 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 85.1 289% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1015 DQ Write 1,089 DQ Mixed 1,170 848% 1,091 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 100GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 349 349 347 347 348 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 354 Mixed 282 SusWrite 348 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.5 157% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 64.7 126% 252 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 791GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 492 492 492 492 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 486 Mixed 434 SusWrite 492 109% 482 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 68.4 230% 81.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 356 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 140 143 141 136 145 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 148 Write 150 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 140 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.7 206% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 110%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 595GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 129 131 131 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 131 Write 122 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 129 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 4x16GB 1,242 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 28.1 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 27.3 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 132%

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

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Typical MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) Builds (Compare 7,251 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) - $200

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,804x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,602x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,244x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	744x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	555x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	398x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	300x
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	264x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	249x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 16,423 samples	216x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $761

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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