MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	103% 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	149% 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

12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 9 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C80
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220611
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 06 '23 at 18:46
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700F-$180 44,448 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 76.4 1-Core 82 2-Core 170 63% 109 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 551 52% 434 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 3903) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 94.9 Parallax 123 112% 118 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 93.8 88% 110 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNV2S1000G 1TB 75,739 User benchmarks, average bench 260% 711GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBI02102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 500 786 941 993 854 811 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,679 Write 941 Mixed 948 SusWrite 814 244% 1,096 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 18.2 4K Mixed 19.1 68% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 463 DQ Write 57.7 DQ Mixed 123 125% 214 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 352%
Kingston A400 240GB-$25 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 72GB free Firmware: S3Z40107 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 338 201 141 42 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 412 Write 346 Mixed 375 SusWrite 174 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 19.3 4K Mixed 16.3 59% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 63.1 DQ Mixed 48.2 62% 117 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 193 207 196 194 208 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 83.3 Write 99.2 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 193 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 68% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF3000C15D4/8GX 4x8GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 18.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 87.4 46% 87.4 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 122%

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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	2,406x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 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 $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 $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	163x

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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