MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


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 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	238% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C80
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (all builds)
Memory	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '22 at 06:13
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

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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 i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 976 84% 717 Pts	64-Core 1,595 99% 1,595 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2552 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 160 Parallax 145 121% 151 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 152 Splatting 133 110% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 434 452 462 463 467 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 2,176 Write 1,974 Mixed 1844 SusWrite 454 360% 1,612 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 82.4 254% 84.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,211 DQ Write 748 DQ Mixed 961 721% 973 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 435%
Seagate ST4000NM0033-9ZM170 4TB 3,748 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2.5TB free Firmware: SN06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 29 29 29 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 29 28 29 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
WD My Passport 25E3 2TB 410 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 603GB free, PID 25e3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 80 81 81 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 78.8 Write 83.6 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 79.7 99% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 66%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 100 103 101 102 101 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 98.1 Write 84.1 Mixed 65.1 SusWrite 101 117% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.2 37% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 28.2 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 27.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 105%

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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 $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	636x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $40Bench 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