MSI MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 106%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 111%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics68% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive53.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C73
MotherboardMSI MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200521
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 02 '20 at 01:56
Run Duration121 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-10600K-$144
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Memory 97.5
1-Core 165
2-Core 333
108% 199 Pts
4-Core 663
8-Core 1,075
106% 869 Pts
64-Core 1,346
83% 1,346 Pts
Poor: 81%
This bench: 111%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
68% Good
Lighting 84.9
Reflection 85.4
Parallax 74.7
69% 81.7 fps
MRender 79.9
Gravity 78.9
Splatting 80.8
66% 79.9 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 68%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
V Series SATA SSD 240GB
112GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V3.12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 202 215 212 223 227 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
53.8% Above average
Read 423
Write 222
Mixed 185
SusWrite 211
58% 260 MB/s
4K Read 19.6
4K Write 53.1
4K Mixed 9
69% 27.2 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 78.8
DQ Mixed 14.5
32% 67.6 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 53.8%
Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
216GB free
Firmware: CC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 118 118 119 118 119 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
68.5% Good
Read 122
Write 117
Mixed 66
SusWrite 117
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 68.5%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
95.9% Outstanding
MC Read 37.1
MC Write 37.2
MC Mixed 26.3
96% 33.5 GB/s
SC Read 21
SC Write 36.7
SC Mixed 31.1
85% 29.6 GB/s
Latency 48.3
83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 95.9%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI (MS-7C73) Builds (Compare 4,544 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 178%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 177%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI - $349

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $1,587
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HDDRAMUSB
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