MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76% 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 (21%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B17
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '20 at 23:43
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$263 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 88.4 1-Core 148 2-Core 263 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 1,101 101% 848 Pts	64-Core 1,124 70% 1,124 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 105%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1650-$155 259,091 User benchmarks, average bench 43% MSI(1462 3800) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41% Average	Lighting 61.5 Reflection 55.5 Parallax 49.3 50% 55.5 fps	MRender 44.5 Gravity 52.4 Splatting 0.13 23% 32.4 fps
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 46%
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76% Very good	Lighting 88.9 Reflection 82.3 Parallax 134 72% 102 fps	MRender 81.8 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 116 83% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 80GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 51 51 52 51 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 42% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 806GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 32 31 30 35 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 89.4 Write 65.3 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 28.5 39% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 36% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.1% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 19.9 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 128%

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) - $190

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $263Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	4,446x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,361x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,454x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,423x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,035x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	859x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	856x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	651x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	556x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	621x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	447x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	419x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $813

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