MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211119
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '22 at 15:16
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^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-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 249 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 500 57% 446 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 121 Parallax 126 98% 122 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 119 Splatting 97.9 86% 105 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,033 Write 1,125 Mixed 896 297% 1,352 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 61.3 205% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 905 DQ Write 703 DQ Mixed 829 614% 812 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 59GB free Firmware: S9FM02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 102 95 104 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 424 Write 123 Mixed 188 SusWrite 101 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 19.1 96% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 97.7 DQ Mixed 4 34% 81.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 39,970 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 27.3 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 25.4 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 118%

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

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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 $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,800x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,598x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,241x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	744x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	553x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	396x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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: $765

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