MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 138% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	286% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B51
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190327
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '19 at 23:40
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-9600K-$200 74,293 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	1-Core 150 2-Core 300 106% 225 Pts	4-Core 589 8-Core 864 94% 726 Pts	64-Core 864 58% 864 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$289 731,336 User benchmarks, average bench 57% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2024 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 241 Reflection 219 Parallax 232 63% 231 fps	MRender 154 Gravity 227 Splatting 175 62% 186 fps
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 61%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$73 86,482 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 606 325 326 326 308 272 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,526 Write 1,474 Mixed 1,063 SusWrite 360 299% 1,356 MB/s	4K Read 68.1 4K Write 234 4K Mixed 96 350% 133 MB/s	DQ Read 971 DQ Write 1,508 DQ Mixed 1,001 825% 1,160 MB/s
Poor: 166% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 282%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$50 100,973 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 232GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 491 383 300 292 292 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 492 Mixed 437 SusWrite 373 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 49.2 189% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 127%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$60 234,510 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 466GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 491 490 494 416 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 492 Mixed 469 SusWrite 444 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 66.7 236% 88.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 355 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 131%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$107 6,524 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 29.3 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 28.8 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 105%

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

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Typical MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51) Builds (Compare 9,289 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 67%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51) - $144

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel $200Bench 93%, 74,293 samples	2,923x
Core i7-9700KIntel $369Bench 99%, 114,038 samples	1,576x
Core i7-8700Intel $340Bench 88%, 135,747 samples	831x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 160,592 samples	1,046x
RTX 2060Nvidia $325Bench 85%, 104,940 samples	806x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 79%, 743,673 samples	694x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $60Bench 108%, 234,510 samples	627x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $110Bench 296%, 64,964 samples	425x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $80Bench 274%, 146,800 samples	409x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 84%, 283,947 samples	1,177x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 86%, 158,883 samples	454x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GBCorsair $80Bench 82%, 30,125 samples	352x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $917

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $260	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i7-9700K $369	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24