MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B51
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '20 at 03:19
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$129 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 238 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 582 64% 505 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 91.6 Parallax 90.1 82% 93.9 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 90.5 Splatting 80.7 74% 91.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 81%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 830GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA8K0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 54 59 63 48 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 3.5 Write 30 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 51 16% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 43% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.8% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.1 64% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 110%

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

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Typical MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51) Builds (Compare 22,830 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 91%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 101%

UFO

Workstation 84%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51) - $200

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $263Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,593x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	5,270x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	2,961x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	1,629x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,546x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,328x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	903x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	765x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	702x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,082x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	993x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	696x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $897

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16