MSI MPG Z490M GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C76)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% 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	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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C76
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490M GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C76) (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200421
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '20 at 04:44
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700-$233 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 81 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 187 69% 121 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 649 59% 498 Pts	64-Core 1,011 63% 1,011 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 372D) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.4% Below average	Lighting 40 Reflection 46.2 Parallax 37.5 33% 41.2 fps	MRender 57.1 Gravity 40 Splatting 52.2 41% 49.8 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 2TB 2,668 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 195GB free Firmware: RVT23B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 299 281 276 275 267 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 428 Mixed 464 SusWrite 306 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 52.6 176% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 773GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 474 430 402 405 401 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 477 Mixed 382 SusWrite 424 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 49.2 164% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 257 220% 324 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 126%
Seagate ST4000NM0033-9ZM170 4TB 3,748 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3.5TB free Firmware: GA6A SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 181 183 183 182 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 179 Mixed 101 SusWrite 182 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%
Seagate ST4000NM0033-9ZM170 4TB 3,748 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: GA6A SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 126 129 127 128 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 126 Write 122 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 127 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.5 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 21.8 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 114%

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490M GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C76)

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	426x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	218x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	141x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	236x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	155x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	92x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	94x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	61x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	45x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	44x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	34x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $756

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16