MSI X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 133% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	281% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B05
Motherboard	MSI X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05) (all builds)
Memory	57.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200601
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '20 at 15:31
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10940X 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 86% CPU0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 73 1-Core 134 2-Core 271 86% 159 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 1,049 93% 790 Pts	64-Core 2,354 146% 2,354 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 194 Parallax 190 137% 184 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 177 Splatting 126 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1584 1580 1575 1236 1545 1001 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 1,580 Write 1,542 Mixed 1,050 SusWrite 1,420 314% 1,398 MB/s	4K Read 65.8 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 80.8 295% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 906 DQ Write 906 DQ Mixed 311 397% 708 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 295%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 193 194 192 193 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 152 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 191 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G36C16U4WL.M8FE1 8x8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	114% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 60.4 MC Mixed 38.5 132% 46.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 10.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 94.7 42% 94.7 ns
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 138%

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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	29x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	22x
Core i9-7900XIntel $462Bench 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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	6x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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