MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	72.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C80
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2715 x 1527 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201010
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '22 at 12:32
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 289 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 1,052 98% 814 Pts	64-Core 1,534 95% 1,534 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.5% Very good	Lighting 90.9 Reflection 88.8 Parallax 82.2 74% 87.3 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 80 Splatting 71.5 70% 87.3 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 330GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 457 460 460 391 384 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 468 Mixed 415 SusWrite 428 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 48 158% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 276 230% 330 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 1TB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 427 428 405 410 423 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Read 470 Write 420 Mixed 370 SusWrite 419 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 29.2 112% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 279 204% 260 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 125%
SMI USB DISK 32GB 2,299 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 29GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 45 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Read 109 Write 44.9 Mixed 16.5 SusWrite 43.9 60% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.8 65% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3600 C18 1x16GB 436 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 13.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 18.3 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 68%

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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 $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