MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.1% 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, 13 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C80
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (all builds)
Memory	53 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	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '22 at 13:07
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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-$276 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 way below expectations (15^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 877 78% 658 Pts	64-Core 1,846 114% 1,846 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88% 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: 526.98 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 111 Parallax 102 86% 106 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 101 Splatting 98.4 80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Jajs600m 2TB 2TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2TB free Firmware: U012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.7 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.5 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 49% Great: 88%
Jajs600m 2TB 2TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1.5TB free Firmware: U012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 174 193 180 158 172 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 466 Write 178 Mixed 254 SusWrite 180 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 12.3 4K Mixed 15.3 60% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 15 DQ Mixed 21.8 26% 47.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 88%
Ct1000mx 50 1TB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 813GB free Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 164 162 163 164 163 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 356 Write 158 Mixed 222 SusWrite 163 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 8.8 4K Mixed 13.9 72% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 10.3 DQ Mixed 18.4 56% 131 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 115%
USB3.0 120GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 23GB free Firmware: 0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 20 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	19.3% Very poor	Read 38 Write 38 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 19.2 8% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 11.7 4K Mixed 14.4 51% 14.4 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 19.1 DQ Mixed 15.7 13% 18.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 65%
SST_HDDBOOST 4TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 135 122 131 125 119 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.8% Very good	Read 135 Write 125 Mixed 75.9 SusWrite 122 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 74%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 268GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 73 68 70 69 67 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 76.3 Write 77.4 Mixed 50 SusWrite 68.1 50% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 51%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 704GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 102 101 103 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 95.1 Write 95.9 Mixed 65 SusWrite 102 66% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 341GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 27 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 156 Write 29.5 Mixed 24.9 SusWrite 26.6 43% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.5 188% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 67%
USB3.0 8TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 7TB free Firmware: 0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 19 20 20 20 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 54.2 Write 30.5 Mixed 36 SusWrite 19.5 26% 35 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 248% 2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 124%
Drobo DroboElite 17.5TB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 47 45 48 51 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 49.3 Write 70.5 Mixed 67.6 SusWrite 49.4 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.1 290% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.8% 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: 121 124 123 123 123 122 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54% Above average	Read 160 Write 156 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 122 169% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 82% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54% 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 above expectations (69^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 28.7 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 29.6 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.5% 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 - $223

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,394x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,051x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	956x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	997x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	905x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	637x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	553x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	355x
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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,079

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16