MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK

Performance Results


Gaming 190% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 199% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	195% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C80
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (all builds)
Memory	50.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210419
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 26 '23 at 00:23
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (44^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-$274 11,130 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 1,036 96% 800 Pts	64-Core 1,817 112% 1,817 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4070-$539 45,585 User benchmarks, average bench 190% MSI(1462 5138) CLim: 3105 MHz, MLim: 5250 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 532.03 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	195% Outstanding	Lighting 280 Reflection 255 Parallax 274 228% 270 fps	MRender 345 Gravity 232 Splatting 181 198% 252 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 205%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Jajs600m 2TB 2TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1.5TB free Firmware: U012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 149 170 173 168 161 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 460 Write 187 Mixed 219 SusWrite 163 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 11.7 4K Mixed 14.6 59% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 15 DQ Mixed 21.6 27% 50 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 88%
Ct1000mx 50 1TB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 478GB free Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 157 160 160 160 160 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 337 Write 153 Mixed 204 SusWrite 160 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 13.8 70% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 10.2 DQ Mixed 18.4 52% 121 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 115%
USB3.0 120GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 24GB free Firmware: 0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 154 149 51 43 46 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.7% Below average	Read 157 Write 138 Mixed 161 SusWrite 97 31% 138 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 25.7 64% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 62.2 DQ Write 53.7 DQ Mixed 55.3 42% 57.1 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 65%
SST_HDDBOOST 4TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 109 103 115 123 118 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.2% Good	Read 128 Write 114 Mixed 70.1 SusWrite 109 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 74%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 267GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 70 67 73 74 72 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 77.1 Write 55.4 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 70.8 46% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 51%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 704GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 101 101 100 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 87.3 Write 98.8 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 100 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 341GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 27 27 26 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 162 Write 29.4 Mixed 27.9 SusWrite 26.2 45% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.5 201% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 67%
USB3.0 8TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 7TB free Firmware: 0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 155 149 52 43 47 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 136 Write 162 Mixed 147 SusWrite 97.4 101% 136 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.9 386% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 124%
Drobo DroboElite 17.5TB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 45 48 48 41 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 35.1 Write 70.4 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 42.5 38% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.1 282% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 50%
CineRAID H/W LARGE 18TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 155 155 154 153 156 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.1% Good	Read 142 Write 143 Mixed 69 SusWrite 155 171% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 129% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.1% 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 (71^st percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 29.1 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 28.8 86% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.4% 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 $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,385x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,049x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	955x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	996x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	903x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	636x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	551x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	353x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	351x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	294x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	279x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	163x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $994

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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