MSI X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.5% 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	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	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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B05
Motherboard	MSI X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05) (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170612
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '18 at 16:29
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 81.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 85% 155 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 835 82% 672 Pts	64-Core 1,061 66% 1,061 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 102 Reflection 190 Parallax 183 84% 159 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 167 Splatting 130 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 9,737 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 897GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 753 1059 1059 897 896 895 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1407 Write 1,468 Mixed 1,246 SusWrite 927 284% 1,262 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 41.2 150% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 485 DQ Write 973 DQ Mixed 39.2 226% 499 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 251%
WD WD80PUZX-64NEAY0 8TB 356 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 80.H0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 161 161 158 184 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 178 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 167 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.3 232% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 2x16GB 17,710 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.3% Good	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 18.1 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 11 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 97%

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Typical X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7B05) Builds (Compare 116 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

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 $90Bench 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