MSI X299 TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7B05)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	99.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	171% 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 AC (MS-7B05) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 18:37
Run Duration	358 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7740X-$130 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 154 2-Core 307 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 837 90% 715 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 139 Parallax 131 104% 132 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 123 Splatting 106 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1.5TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 479 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 492 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5222236084	101% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 419 Mixed 430 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 30.6 172% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 49.7 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 160 101% 112 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 135%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 954GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1658 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1287 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 152 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9854572415	118% Outstanding	Read 530 Write 508 Mixed 518 116% 519 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 29 169% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 174 182% 299 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 931GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2908 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2194 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 74 56 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 600 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9248403271	90.3% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 353 Mixed 356 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 26.2 154% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 48.7 DQ Write 94.5 DQ Mixed 97.6 67% 80.3 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 126%
Intel SSDPEKKA010T7 1TB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 132% 930GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF119D Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,592 Write 540 Mixed 813 214% 982 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 52.1 203% 81.9 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 519 DQ Mixed 28.6 96% 194 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 164%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 411GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1878 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1513 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 73 62 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 216 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1806425723	101% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 411 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 31 176% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 48.9 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 30.3 39% 67.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	6.22% Terrible	Read 20.8 Write 5.07 Mixed 8.74 12% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.85 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 1.26 71% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.22% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 23.5 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 27.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

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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 $420Bench 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 $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