MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.25% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	291% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C80
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210419
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '22 at 01:00
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600-$141 7,605 User benchmarks, average bench 90% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 285 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 865 84% 692 Pts	64-Core 1,112 69% 1,112 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 37,718 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7C80) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	6.25% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 10 Parallax 9.1 5% 8.37 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 7.7 Splatting 12.2 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.25% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 836GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2004 2055 2046 1960 1929 849 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 1,382 Write 2,005 Mixed 1,537 SusWrite 1807 382% 1,683 MB/s	4K Read 56.2 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 77.9 264% 94.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,146 DQ Write 815 DQ Mixed 952 719% 971 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 365%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 733GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 372 371 368 373 367 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 377 Write 381 Mixed 358 SusWrite 372 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 30.6 102% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 193 142% 187 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 99%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 202 201 205 203 203 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 204 Mixed 96.1 SusWrite 203 129% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 364% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 138%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 25.9 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 43.1 SC Mixed 30.9 90% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C80) Builds (Compare 8,558 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 - $253

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,409x
Core i5-10600KIntel $129Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,058x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	958x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,001x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	909x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	638x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	555x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	359x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	352x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	296x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	280x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	165x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,110

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16