MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89% 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	32.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C80
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (all builds)
Memory	55.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210201
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '22 at 10:18
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 891 79% 668 Pts	64-Core 1,146 71% 1,146 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% XFX(1682 5710) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 21.30.23.01 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 128 Parallax 169 93% 137 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 118 Splatting 85.7 82% 102 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc 2.5" SSD 512GB 1,067 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0424A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 9.6 376 3.3 2.9 3.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 488 Write 412 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 66.8 54% 247 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.4 35% 8.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 92%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 141GB free Firmware: S0628A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 419 147 35 60 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 476 Write 408 Mixed 329 SusWrite 131 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 21.7 97% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 0.9 64% 149 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 101%
Pcie SSD 2TB 13,829 User benchmarks, average bench 350% 427GB free Firmware: ECFM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1075 263 364 290 286 326 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,240 Write 2,176 Mixed 1,389 SusWrite 434 296% 1,310 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 53.5 172% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 842 DQ Write 430 DQ Mixed 655 482% 642 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 556%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 1TB 4,641 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 475GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 115 111 111 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 75 Write 110 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 112 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 63%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$72 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 125 124 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 88 Write 106 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 124 67% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3600 4x16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 31.8 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 25.5 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

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Typical MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C80) Builds (Compare 8,482 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK - $223

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,384x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,048x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	953x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	995x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	902x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	636x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	551x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	353x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	351x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	294x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	279x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	163x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $994

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