MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B17)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.9% 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	224% 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B17
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B17) (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190325
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '20 at 20:09
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 53.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 72% 136 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 809 77% 637 Pts	64-Core 1,555 96% 1,555 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 1527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.92 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 111 Parallax 115 90% 112 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 82.7 84% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 583 327 324 327 323 303 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 2,182 Write 1453 Mixed 1,196 SusWrite 364 288% 1,299 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 68.5 229% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 970 DQ Write 966 DQ Mixed 980 733% 972 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 280%
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 122GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 118 105 104 106 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 393 Write 372 Mixed 322 SusWrite 143 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 35.9 135% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 215 189% 282 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 91%
Seagate ST2000DM005-2CW102 2TB 18,723 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 317GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 153 155 148 150 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 101 Write 124 Mixed 72.4 SusWrite 151 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 88%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 605GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 39 39 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	29.7% Poor	Read 37.3 Write 37.6 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 38.4 48% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.8 204% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 083A 1TB 1,797 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 357GB free, PID 083a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 84.9 Write 85.4 Mixed 54.5 94% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 45%
Mass Storage Device 64GB 770 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 32GB free, PID 125d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 14 13 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 20.6 Write 12 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 13.5 20% 15.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 3.5 245% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 13,671 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 25.1 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 9.4 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 148 27% 148 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 103%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 106%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B17) - $450

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,247x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,811x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	699x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	576x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	533x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	461x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	545x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	353x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	310x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	288x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	275x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	216x

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Value: 117% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,116

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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