MSI MPG Z390M GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B50)

Performance Results

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Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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.
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.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B50
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390M GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B50) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190226
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '19 at 18:03
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	69%

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PC Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$242 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 91.4 2-Core 178 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 616 57% 478 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3711) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	138% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 226 Parallax 222 141% 207 fps	MRender 256 Gravity 213 Splatting 138 158% 202 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$104 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,340 Write 1,464 Mixed 1,203 368% 1,669 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 70.5 240% 83.6 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 929 DQ Mixed 975 726% 962 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 431GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 163 168 169 169 169 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 170 Mixed 85.3 SusWrite 167 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 2x8GB 23,313 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	65.1% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.8 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19.4 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 94%

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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 Z390M GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B50)

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $242Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	651x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	527x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	432x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	168x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	162x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	153x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	141x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	115x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	107x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	82x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	72x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $115Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	71x

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Value: 117% - Outstanding

Total price: $593

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16