MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	211% 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.

Run History

7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C80
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '23 at 21:09
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11400F-$133 46,609 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 78.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 264 89% 163 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 662 76% 593 Pts	64-Core 998 62% 998 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$285 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 528.49 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.3% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 115 Parallax 121 105% 121 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 87.3 85% 107 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 106%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$59 140,876 User benchmarks, average bench 260% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1687 336 283 324 325 305 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1437 Write 1,833 Mixed 1,584 SusWrite 543 304% 1,349 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 61 221% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,305 DQ Write 1,074 DQ Mixed 1197 894% 1,192 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 364%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GB 24,939 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 34.6 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 26.4 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 114%

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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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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK - $225

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $244Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,102x
Core i5-10600KIntel $163Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	930x
Core i9-10850KIntel $280Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	844x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $490Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	883x
RTX 3080Nvidia $530Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	801x
RTX 3060Nvidia $285Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	550x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $50Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	498x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $30Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	323x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $74Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	317x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	264x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	246x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	146x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,055

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $316	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $215	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $397	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i5-12400F $140	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $800	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $54	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16