MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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

17 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C80
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (all builds)
Memory	42 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210419
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '23 at 17:01
Run Duration	375 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900-$273 11,130 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 282 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 985 93% 769 Pts	64-Core 1,749 108% 1,749 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.18 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 106 Parallax 98.7 81% 101 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 94.8 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Jajs600m 2TB 2TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2TB free Firmware: U012 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Mixed 0.2 0% 0.2 MB/s	4K Read 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 88%
Jajs600m 2TB 2TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1.5TB free Firmware: U012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 174 185 161 170 155 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 429 Write 156 Mixed 219 SusWrite 172 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 10.8 4K Mixed 13.5 58% 15.7 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 15 DQ Mixed 21.4 26% 48.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 88%
Ct1000mx 50 1TB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 755GB free Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 157 159 161 162 160 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 314 Write 152 Mixed 199 SusWrite 159 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 7.9 4K Mixed 13.2 66% 16.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 115%
USB3.0 120GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 23GB free Firmware: 0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 77 52 52 50 49 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.4% Below average	Read 178 Write 148 Mixed 186 SusWrite 68.4 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 33.3 4K Mixed 18.8 74% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 61.5 DQ Write 55.2 DQ Mixed 59.6 44% 58.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 65%
SST_HDDBOOST 4TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 99 103 122 121 125 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62.1% Good	Read 108 Write 123 Mixed 60.9 SusWrite 108 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 74%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 267GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 61 60 68 67 71 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 74.1 Write 69.9 Mixed 48.1 SusWrite 63.9 47% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 51%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$82 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 704GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 102 101 103 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 101 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 101 67% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 341GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 26 27 27 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 156 Write 27.9 Mixed 27.9 SusWrite 26.5 43% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.5 201% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 67%
USB3.0 8TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 7TB free Firmware: 0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 77 52 53 50 49 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 131 Write 163 Mixed 130 SusWrite 68.7 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.8 347% 3 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 124%
Drobo DroboElite 17.5TB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 46 43 45 45 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	25.8% Poor	Read 42 Write 64.3 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 46.1 40% 54 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 1.1 297% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 50%
CineRAID H/W LARGE 18TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 881GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 124 124 123 123 122 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.5% Above average	Read 158 Write 151 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 123 166% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 129% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK64GX4M2E3200C16 2x31.5GB 10,968 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 27.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 26.3 76% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 113%

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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 - $253

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,407x
Core i5-10600KIntel $141Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,055x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	957x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	999x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	908x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 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 $152Bench 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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	295x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 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: $1,102

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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