MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.32% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B51
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51) (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '20 at 22:34
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	79%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 731 69% 575 Pts	64-Core 1,029 64% 1,029 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B51) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6471 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	7.32% Terrible	Lighting 6.97 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 8.53 6% 9.19 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 7.67 Splatting 16.8 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.32% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 428 Write 305 Mixed 358 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 54.1 179% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 356 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 188GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 105 109 107 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 140 Write 132 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 107 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 109%
Seagate BlackArmorDAS35 1TB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 720GB free, PID 3411 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 38 39 38 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 36 Write 36.8 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 38.2 48% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 81% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 2x16GB 10,192 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	69.2% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 21.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 13.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 109%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 84%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51) - $200

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,606x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	5,280x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	2,966x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	1,633x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,547x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,331x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	905x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	767x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	703x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,083x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	994x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	697x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $864

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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