MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	171% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C80
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210201
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '21 at 19:37
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900-$276 11,130 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 84.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 92% 169 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 1,083 97% 819 Pts	64-Core 1,707 106% 1,707 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 102%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia Quadro P4000 12,628 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Nvidia(10DE 11A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 1901 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.4% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 91.7 Parallax 82.2 63% 83.9 fps	MRender 87.4 Gravity 80.6 Splatting 95 72% 87.7 fps
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 70%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7C80) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.38% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 9.2 5% 8.63 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 7.7 Splatting 12.4 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.38% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1218 1035 1212 1141 1188 1110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,616 Write 1,528 Mixed 1,047 SusWrite 1,151 300% 1,335 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 31.7 105% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 57.4 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 76.2 61% 83.1 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 372%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 154 158 156 155 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 148 Mixed 99.4 SusWrite 155 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 668GB free Firmware: CC63 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 185 191 186 185 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 120 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 187 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 376GB free Firmware: 2BA30003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 83 87 85 84 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 89.4 Write 57.6 Mixed 49.6 SusWrite 85 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 158% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 59%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 413GB free Firmware: 0005HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 73 73 72 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 72.5 Write 58.8 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 73.2 45% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 43%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 376GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 137 138 138 136 139 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 147 Write 134 Mixed 90.1 SusWrite 138 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 25.6 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 27.7 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 94%

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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 - $223

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,381x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,046x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	949x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	993x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	898x
RTX 3060Nvidia $275Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	635x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	551x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	351x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	350x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	293x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	279x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	163x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $975

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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