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

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% 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	99.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B17
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180831
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '20 at 23:29
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	PAN-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 243 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 544 61% 478 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C726) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 134 Parallax 143 116% 140 fps	MRender 167 Gravity 121 Splatting 98.2 102% 129 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB 42,173 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 112GB free Firmware: S5Z42102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 745 483 254 247 250 248 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,215 Write 939 Mixed 131 SusWrite 371 146% 664 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 58 188% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 793 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 310 341% 577 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 236%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 547 128 132 136 138 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 784 Write 566 Mixed 524 SusWrite 203 116% 519 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 37 120% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 494 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 399 301% 407 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 313%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 63GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 181 147 187 163 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 170 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 170 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 876GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 140 141 141 143 143 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 152 Write 142 Mixed 91.3 SusWrite 141 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2666 C16 Series 2x16GB 2,155 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 27.5 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 23.7 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.5% 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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	4,399x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,335x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,439x

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	849x

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	644x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	555x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	617x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	444x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	414x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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