MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	7.47% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	357% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C80
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '21 at 18:35
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$279 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 88.8 1-Core 154 2-Core 294 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 618 8-Core 1,204 108% 911 Pts	64-Core 2,118 131% 2,118 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 8365) 1GB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	7.47% Terrible	Lighting 8.6 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 8.2 7% 9.77 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 9.9 Splatting 8.8 8% 10.5 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.47% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$148 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2350 2403 2395 1808 1488 1485 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	357% Outstanding	Read 2,577 Write 2,396 Mixed 1,855 SusWrite 1988 495% 2,204 MB/s	4K Read 63.1 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 85.5 286% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,172 DQ Write 780 DQ Mixed 993 736% 981 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 357% Great: 435%
Samsung PSSD T7 Touch 1TB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 860GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 646 649 636 644 635 613 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD2 029E CMK32GX4M4A2400C14 BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD2 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 24GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 23.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	2,390x
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	553x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 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: $980

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16