MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 129% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	158% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C80
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210419
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '22 at 00:56
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	88%

PC Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11600K-$180 43,966 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 73.3 1-Core 160 2-Core 286 93% 173 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 885 87% 712 Pts	64-Core 1,058 66% 1,058 Pts
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$479 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Gigabyte(1458 408F) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	158% Outstanding	Lighting 232 Reflection 209 Parallax 205 189% 215 fps	MRender 246 Gravity 158 Splatting 130 140% 178 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$50 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32B3T8EB Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 121 179 121 130 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 7 Write 486 Mixed 396 SusWrite 125 59% 253 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 7.9 123% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 607 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 98.9 165% 329 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 311%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 192GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 134 134 134 135 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 75.9 Write 121 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 131 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3600 4x8GB 460 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 29.1 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 22.9 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 93.9 43% 93.9 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 118%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 8,546 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	2,407x
Core i5-10600KIntel $141Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,056x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	957x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,000x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	908x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	638x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	555x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	357x
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	295x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	280x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	164x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,103

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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