MSI X299 TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7B05)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 130% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	134% 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.
Boot Drive	274% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B05
Motherboard	MSI X299 TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7B05) (all builds)
Memory	20.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180316
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	May 23 '18 at 19:00
Run Duration	358 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7920X-$250 5,430 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 75.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 253 82% 151 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 960 86% 724 Pts	64-Core 1,979 122% 1,979 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 210 Parallax 206 159% 203 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 178 Splatting 114 112% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2,254 Write 1,751 Mixed 1,801 430% 1,935 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 58 184% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 462 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 206 213% 349 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 238GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4154 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1361 (B1) Unknown 98 98 77 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 46 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 240 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42555030648	111% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 487 Mixed 516 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 43.2 146% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 167 176% 289 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 604GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 611 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1297 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 432 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 866 (C2) HDA temperature 113 106 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	90.5% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 157 Mixed 148 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.36 143% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 492GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 180 5816 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1337 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2837 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1066 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 356 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20703 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.9% Very good	Read 137 Write 124 Mixed 126 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.26 91% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 84%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 446GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 140 (03) Spinup time 121 121 25790382399 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3228 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2645 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5546 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5546 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 236224315427 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 27836	39% Below average	Read 67 Write 68.6 Mixed 63.6 50% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.42 94% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 51%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 201GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 148 5258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1460 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19446 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4452 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1555 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4452 (C2) HDA temperature 115 93 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.2% Average	Read 69.2 Write 84.2 Mixed 78.6 58% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.34 110% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 177GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9 (03) Spinup time 145 141 3741 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3842 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3207 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1624 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2217 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 807 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.6% Good	Read 120 Write 94.3 Mixed 108 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.34 91% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 69%
ST3000DM 001-1ER166 3TB 134 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 176 Write 192 Mixed 155 225% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.24 74% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 73%
WDC WD20 EZRZ-00Z5HB0 2TB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 151 Write 133 Mixed 102 159% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.25 90% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 61%
WDC WD50 00AACS-00G8B1 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 466GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.4% Below average	Read 83.2 Write 85.8 Mixed 61.2 97% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.3 95% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 38%
WDC WD20 EZRX-00D8PB0 2TB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 167GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 172 Write 140 Mixed 70.6 151% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 59%
ST2000DM 006-2DM164 2TB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 5GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 187 Write 177 Mixed 131 206% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.22 64% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 22.9 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 9.5 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 88.5 45% 88.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 72%

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

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	75x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	52x
Core i9-7900XIntel $413Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	26x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	46x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	26x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	15x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	15x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	9x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 241%, 38,097 samples	9x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	55x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	30x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	28x

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Total price: $859

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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