MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.3% 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	197% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C80
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (all builds)
Memory	53.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201010
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '21 at 22:13
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$442 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 873 77% 656 Pts	64-Core 1,918 119% 1,918 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 462.59 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 111 Parallax 116 98% 116 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 104 Splatting 94.4 90% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS200T3XHC-00SJG0 2TB 1,011 User benchmarks, average bench 263% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102430WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1970 1474 427 416 409 404 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,779 Write 2,030 Mixed 1,580 SusWrite 850 351% 1,560 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 47.2 176% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 580 DQ Mixed 861 536% 583 MB/s
Poor: 191% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 306%
Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP2000GM30002 2TB 6,080 User benchmarks, average bench 347% 462GB free Firmware: STNSC014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2458 2365 2410 2395 2401 2395 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 808 Write 1,007 Mixed 1,605 SusWrite 2,404 333% 1,456 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 57.4 202% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 989 DQ Write 593 DQ Mixed 846 615% 809 MB/s
Poor: 173% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 502%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$120 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 393GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 406 441 439 444 445 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 392 Mixed 385 SusWrite 428 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 44.4 146% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 290 235% 333 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3600C18D4/32GX 2x31.5GB 1,376 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 31.7 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 44.1 SC Mixed 27 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 136%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C80) Builds (Compare 8,489 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 $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,385x
Core i5-10600KIntel $139Bench 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 $110Bench 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 $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 $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