MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81% 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	177% 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

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 8 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C80
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (all builds)
Memory	19.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '23 at 17:17
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way below expectations (12^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 82.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 260 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 939 89% 735 Pts	64-Core 1,354 84% 1,354 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 3903) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 531.79 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 99.7 Reflection 150 Parallax 96.8 81% 116 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 94.3 80% 98.9 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNV2S1000G 1TB 75,739 User benchmarks, average bench 260% 710GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBI02102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 698 1095 927 1249 701 695 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1,776 Write 1,062 Mixed 1,183 SusWrite 894 274% 1,229 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 28.8 108% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 758 DQ Write 93.6 DQ Mixed 176 192% 343 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 352%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 72GB free Firmware: S3Z40107 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 180 62 49 69 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 502 Write 419 Mixed 400 SusWrite 115 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 12.7 4K Mixed 1.2 46% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 36 DQ Mixed 46.7 55% 100 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$48 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 83 65 39 132 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	42% Average	Read 76.4 Write 78.5 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 70.4 42% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 42% 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)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 22.5 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 122%

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Typical MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C80) Builds (Compare 8,499 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 $230Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,389x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,050x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	956x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	996x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	905x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	636x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	551x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	354x
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	280x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	163x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $991

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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