MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	79.4% 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	323% 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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C80
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '20 at 19:33
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$125 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 156 2-Core 321 104% 192 Pts	4-Core 634 8-Core 1050 103% 842 Pts	64-Core 1,279 79% 1,279 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3700 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Lighting 98.7 Reflection 91.5 Parallax 86.1 80% 92.1 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 83.7 Splatting 79.8 78% 97.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1034 905 904 904 888 855 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	323% Outstanding	Read 2,659 Write 2,490 Mixed 1,829 SusWrite 915 441% 1,973 MB/s	4K Read 73.3 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 98.6 333% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 1,440 DQ Write 1,157 DQ Mixed 1,307 976% 1,302 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 323% Great: 340%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 499GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 199GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 110 109 111 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 352 Write 267 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 108 147% 203 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.6 382% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 182%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 737GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 110 109 111 109 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	120% Outstanding	Read 308 Write 194 Mixed 87 SusWrite 108 127% 174 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 1.4 375% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 151%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 17,029 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 46.1 MC Mixed 29.6 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 52.4 SC Mixed 34.9 105% 36.8 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 108%

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK - $253

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,426x
Core i5-10600KIntel $125Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,064x
Core i9-10850KIntel $249Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	964x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,009x
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	915x
RTX 3060Nvidia $253Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	641x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $100Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	556x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $142Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	361x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	356x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	296x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	281x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	165x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,116

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