MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics77% 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 Drive86.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C75
MotherboardMSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS  (all builds)
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200525
Uptime1.7 Days
Run DateOct 18 '20 at 18:33
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU 31%
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 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-10400F-$98
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.7% Outstanding
Memory 95.3
1-Core 129
2-Core 258
90% 161 Pts
4-Core 517
8-Core 804
82% 660 Pts
64-Core 1,036
64% 1,036 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 95.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233
Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
77% Very good
Lighting 96.6
Reflection 86.6
Parallax 83.7
79% 88.9 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 80.5
Splatting 77.2
74% 92.3 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 77%
Great: 76%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 287 282 233 236 237 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Read 490
Write 353
Mixed 16.8
SusWrite 268
62% 282 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 73.1
4K Mixed 36.2
120% 44.1 MB/s
DQ Read 275
DQ Write 307
DQ Mixed 196
174% 259 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 103%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54
225GB free
Firmware: M3CR022
SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 467 468 444 389 389 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 453
Mixed 288
SusWrite 434
94% 418 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 72.2
4K Mixed 45.1
142% 49.3 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 292
237% 337 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 107%
Great: 125%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50
356GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 125 125 125 125 125 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
62.1% Good
Read 91
Write 31
Mixed 57.8
SusWrite 125
56% 76.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.9
179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 62.1%
Great: 77%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
99.6% Outstanding
MC Read 39.4
MC Write 35.4
MC Mixed 31.1
101% 35.3 GB/s
SC Read 19.5
SC Write 44.2
SC Mixed 28.9
88% 30.9 GB/s
Latency 56.2
71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 99.6%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS (MS-7C75) Builds (Compare 16,313 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS - $170

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $941
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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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