MSI MEG Z390 ACE (MS-7B12)

Performance Results


Gaming 147% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 152% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	138% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	379% 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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B12
Motherboard	MSI MEG Z390 ACE (MS-7B12) (all builds)
Memory	58.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190325
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '19 at 04:19
Run Duration	368 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$427 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 159 2-Core 315 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 635 8-Core 1,208 110% 922 Pts	64-Core 1,743 108% 1,743 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 179 Parallax 191 156% 187 fps	MRender 215 Gravity 163 Splatting 121 131% 166 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 658GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2183 2185 2199 2204 2209 2213 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	379% Outstanding	Read 2,588 Write 2,391 Mixed 1,435 SusWrite 2,199 484% 2,153 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 80.5 273% 97.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,384 DQ Write 1,190 DQ Mixed 1,274 958% 1,282 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 379% Great: 425%
Samsung 850 Evo 4TB-$470 765 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 2.5TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 435 435 435 436 434 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 492 Mixed 446 SusWrite 435 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 69.2 236% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 357 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$217 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 213GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 434 434 434 435 433 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 486 Mixed 392 SusWrite 434 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 53.2 199% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 354 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 435 435 434 435 433 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 487 Mixed 395 SusWrite 435 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 65.1 227% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 135%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$240 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 712GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1532 1249 1248 1249 1249 1071 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	331% Outstanding	Read 2,465 Write 2,163 Mixed 1,749 SusWrite 1,266 428% 1,911 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 85.1 295% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,520 DQ Write 1,333 DQ Mixed 1,399 1,056% 1,417 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 331% Great: 371%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free Firmware: AR13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 125 118 125 124 127 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$138 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 753GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 119 120 120 121 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$138 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 176 175 176 176 178 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$138 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 6TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 206 205 207 207 208 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 4x16GB 3,173 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2900 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 28.4 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 30 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 115%

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Gaming 152%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 151%

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Motherboard: MSI MEG Z390 ACE (MS-7B12) - $400

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $427Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,670x
Core i7-9700KIntel $258Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	637x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $300Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	246x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	460x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	278x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	230x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	234x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	192x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	172x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	127x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	103x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	88x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,457

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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