MSI X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% 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	99.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B05
Motherboard	MSI X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05) (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 09:51
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 75.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 224 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 783 74% 616 Pts	64-Core 1,247 77% 1,247 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 180 Parallax 172 132% 171 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 168 Splatting 120 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 353GB free (System drive) 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 3540 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 744 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (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 63 47 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 183 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16436545516	99.6% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 402 Mixed 418 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 41.6 135% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 112 133% 231 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 232GB free Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,059 Write 1,201 Mixed 1,362 340% 1,541 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 33.3 153% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 490 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 167 195% 339 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 236%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153165392 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2106 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13686539 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3481 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 743 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 521601055 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8468 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 68719476767 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 136403866356947 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23083797809 (F2) Unknown 100 253 238587860245	82.8% Excellent	Read 107 Write 180 Mixed 124 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 5.22 4K Mixed 0.76 209% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 44.6 MC Mixed 24.5 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 9.7 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 88.9 45% 88.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 115%

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Typical X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05) Builds (Compare 115 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

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

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	29x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	22x
Core i9-7900XIntel $413Bench 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 $400Bench 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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	6x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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