MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.33% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	272% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C80
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '21 at 14:08
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i5-10600K-$144 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 272 84% 155 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 885 77% 658 Pts	64-Core 1,170 72% 1,170 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7C80) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.100.9559 Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	3.33% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 9.2 5% 8.6 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.33% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB 26,235 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB421D57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1252 1268 1272 844 303 1269 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,630 Write 1,066 Mixed 1,348 SusWrite 1,035 336% 1,519 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 62.7 212% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 912 DQ Write 803 DQ Mixed 859 644% 858 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 309%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 392GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 470 471 470 442 408 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 405 Mixed 446 SusWrite 455 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 52.4 178% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 211 209 207 220 216 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
USB DISK 3.0 64GB 3,818 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 32GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 18 22 22 22 22 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 148 Write 31.7 Mixed 9 SusWrite 19.6 49% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 2.3 168% 5 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 4x8GB 2,084 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 22.7 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 24.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 101%

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Typical MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C80) Builds (Compare 8,489 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	2,385x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,049x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	955x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	996x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	903x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	636x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	294x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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