MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	79.6% 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	330% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C80
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '20 at 20:51
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$144 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 158 2-Core 319 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 632 8-Core 1,065 103% 849 Pts	64-Core 1,299 80% 1,299 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$235 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3700 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Lighting 99.3 Reflection 91.4 Parallax 85.1 81% 92 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 83.6 Splatting 78.8 77% 96.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 957 879 883 877 875 861 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	330% Outstanding	Read 2,672 Write 2,492 Mixed 1,842 SusWrite 889 441% 1,974 MB/s	4K Read 74.9 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 105 350% 125 MB/s	DQ Read 1,506 DQ Write 1,206 DQ Mixed 1,352 1,013% 1,355 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 330% Great: 340%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 499GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 465GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 123 128 128 129 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 387 Write 257 Mixed 97.8 SusWrite 127 158% 217 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 1.7 423% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 182%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 123 128 128 129 128 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	151% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 255 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 127 158% 217 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 1.5 404% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 151%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 17,029 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 43.5 MC Write 45.9 MC Mixed 29.7 113% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 51.9 SC Mixed 35.1 105% 36.9 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 108%

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Typical MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C80) Builds (Compare 8,541 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 - $253

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,406x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,054x
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 $90Bench 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	351x

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: $1,106

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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