MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.7% 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	74.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B17
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '19 at 20:44
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-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 i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 738 77% 616 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.2 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 108 Reflection 90.5 Parallax 189 88% 129 fps	MRender 90.8 Gravity 122 Splatting 131 96% 115 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP300 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$75 4,196 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM11.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 153 127 114 108 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 694 Write 378 Mixed 491 SusWrite 125 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 25.3 104% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 157 122% 171 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 128%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 94 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 100 Write 94.3 Mixed 89.6 SusWrite 95.4 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 773GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 171 171 171 171 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 161 Mixed 95.5 SusWrite 171 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.3 255% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 35 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 25.2 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 27.8 76% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 95%

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) - $190

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	4,397x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,332x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,437x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,414x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,027x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	848x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	847x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	642x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	554x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	615x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	444x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	413x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $807

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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