MSI X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	191% 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	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-7B05
Motherboard	MSI X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170612
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '17 at 21:54
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 77.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 223 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 728 68% 564 Pts	64-Core 947 59% 947 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.8% Below average	Lighting 41.6 Reflection 36.7 Parallax 50.5 34% 42.9 fps	MRender 53.6 Gravity 48.4 Splatting 35.8 36% 45.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,800 Write 983 Mixed 1,123 287% 1,302 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 34.8 132% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 572 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 144 180% 329 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 236%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 57GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30499 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2191 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 44 44 1698 (AE) Unknown 100 100 58 (B5) Unknown 100 100 13185615726605 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 83 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 16 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 44 44 56 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	53.9% Above average	Read 479 Write 183 Mixed 270 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 5.86 66% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 7.53 36% 80.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 397GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88867278 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3826 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 177968448 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26190 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1413 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 81 81 19 (BC) Unknown 100 99 34360262667 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 723189790 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 51539607582 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 17 88867278 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7776 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -58329950817168 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2871964351 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2104052668	52.7% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 89.5 Mixed 89.7 69% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.2% Above average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 14.7 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 10 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 90%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 92%

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

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	30x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	22x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 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 $488Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	39x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	18x
8x8GBUnknownBench 94%, 4,255 samples	17x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16