MSI MEG Z490 UNIFY

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C71
Motherboard	MSI MEG Z490 UNIFY (all builds)
Memory	53.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200422
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '20 at 00:57
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (44^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-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 89% 162 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 885 82% 684 Pts	64-Core 1430 88% 1430 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 116 Parallax 103 81% 106 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 100 Splatting 87.3 77% 95.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,660 Write 6,756 Mixed 6946 1,588% 7,121 MB/s	4K Read 536 4K Write 288 4K Mixed 348 1,412% 391 MB/s	DQ Read 1421 DQ Write 1,069 DQ Mixed 1,160 890% 1,216 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Pro 2TB-$474 2,198 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 1.5TB free Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 484 484 485 484 481 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 483 Mixed 452 SusWrite 483 109% 482 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 54.5 182% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 352 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 131%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 279GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 129 128 128 128 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 167 Write 156 Mixed 28.4 SusWrite 128 86% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 520 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 22.8 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 138%

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

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Gaming 179%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 178%

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Motherboard: MSI MEG Z490 UNIFY - $290

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	595x
Core i9-10900KIntel $442Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	522x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	454x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	360x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	213x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	199x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	219x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	139x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	120x

RAM
4400 C19 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 102%, 6,100 samples	50x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 95%, 56,114 samples	47x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	45x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $1,241

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