MSI MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 100%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics80.6% 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 Drive287% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C73
MotherboardMSI MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI  (all builds)
Memory28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200521
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 04 '20 at 00:24
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
Watch Gameplay: 1660S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-10600K-$144
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
93.6% Outstanding
Memory 89.6
1-Core 151
2-Core 286
96% 175 Pts
4-Core 524
8-Core 887
86% 705 Pts
64-Core 1,170
72% 1,170 Pts
Poor: 81%
This bench: 93.6%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233
Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.55
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 91.7
Parallax 86.3
83% 93.1 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 85.6
Splatting 80.5
77% 96.2 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 76%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73
783GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1550 1595 1605 1619 1627 862 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
287% Outstanding
Read 1,660
Write 1,617
Mixed 1,232
SusWrite 1,476
337% 1,496 MB/s
4K Read 61.7
4K Write 151
4K Mixed 82.5
279% 98.4 MB/s
DQ Read 913
DQ Write 1,054
DQ Mixed 312
421% 760 MB/s
Poor: 130%
This bench: 287%
Great: 295%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4000 C17 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.5% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 27.9
MC Mixed 22.5
73% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 30.9
SC Mixed 23.4
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 67.7
59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 150%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI (MS-7C73) Builds (Compare 4,544 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 178%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 177%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI - $349

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $1,590
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HDDRAMUSB
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