MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (1st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 99 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	66.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	155% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C79
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200722
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '20 at 15:08
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$224 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Memory 57.5 1-Core 24.8 2-Core 44 30% 42.1 Pts	4-Core 80.8 8-Core 307 20% 194 Pts	64-Core 925 57% 925 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4008) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.6% Good	Lighting 54.7 Reflection 89.7 Parallax 117 45% 87 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 131 Splatting 104 109% 138 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS100T3XHC-00SJG0 1TB 15,624 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 879GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 963 904 1099 1034 1212 1224 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,381 Write 1,228 Mixed 1,154 SusWrite 1,072 272% 1,209 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 25.3 87% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 186 135% 176 MB/s
Poor: 194% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 334%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 424GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 305 349 335 361 370 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 414 Write 410 Mixed 349 SusWrite 337 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 32.4 4K Mixed 25.8 84% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 167 126% 168 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 2x8GB 48,405 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 11.6 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 7.6 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 135 30% 135 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 121%

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

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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 Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI - $271

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,977x
Core i9-10850KIntel $249Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,113x
Core i5-10600KIntel $129Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,742x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,063x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,800x
RTX 3060Nvidia $256Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,264x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,420x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	632x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	575x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	779x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	527x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $116Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	497x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,143

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359