MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	72.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	309% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C79
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI (all builds)
Memory	55.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200722
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '20 at 00:25
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900-$276 11,130 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 153 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 1,068 98% 819 Pts	64-Core 1,960 121% 1,960 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 82.8 Parallax 75 78% 84.7 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 78.1 Splatting 75.6 61% 74.4 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 629GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1480 1810 1575 1139 1137 1136 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	309% Outstanding	Read 2,361 Write 2,210 Mixed 1,531 SusWrite 1,379 419% 1,870 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 78.5 264% 93.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,168 DQ Write 991 DQ Mixed 1,086 812% 1,082 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 309% Great: 372%
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 99GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 77 88 85 88 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.2% Above average	Read 118 Write 110 Mixed 126 SusWrite 86.3 25% 110 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 30.1 125% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 93.8 DQ Mixed 108 83% 115 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 83%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 119GB free Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 185 193 194 194 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 474 Write 192 Mixed 235 SusWrite 190 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 18.1 108% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 57.5 90% 175 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 72%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 181 181 181 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 174 Mixed 111 SusWrite 180 119% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-32GVK 2x31.5GB 1,890 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 28.3 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 27.8 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 142%

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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 $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,893x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,074x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,718x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,024x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,765x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,238x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,400x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	616x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	562x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	772x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	521x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	486x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,064

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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