MSI MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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	89% 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	236% 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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C73
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200410
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 21:56
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (55^th 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-$220 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 151 2-Core 300 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 1,052 99% 822 Pts	64-Core 1,638 101% 1,638 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 122 Parallax 110 93% 115 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 108 Splatting 94.9 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 954 885 876 871 866 859 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,515 Write 1,265 Mixed 1,265 SusWrite 885 276% 1,233 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 77.5 253% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,029 DQ Write 863 DQ Mixed 949 710% 947 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 340%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 382GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 74 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 110 Write 97.4 Mixed 101 SusWrite 73.4 71% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 169% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 76%
73 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 26GB free, PID 0903 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 31 31 31 31 31 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 39.3 Write 31.4 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 31.1 44% 32.9 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 15% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 4,750 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.2% Good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 19.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 21.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 113%

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI - $349

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,434x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	767x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	720x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	666x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	523x
RTX 3090Nvidia $835Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	295x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	383x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	250x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	215x

RAM
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	157x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	151x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	109x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,575

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16