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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.9% 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 Drive125% 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-7B17
MotherboardMSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B17)  (all builds)
Memory27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200102
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 30 '20 at 13:28
Run Duration246 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
85.8% Excellent
Memory 94.8
1-Core 137
2-Core 246
90% 159 Pts
4-Core 413
8-Core 833
73% 623 Pts
64-Core 1059
66% 1059 Pts
Poor: 81%
This bench: 85.8%
Great: 102%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.9% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 110
Parallax 100
84% 105 fps
MRender 93.6
Gravity 101
Splatting 98.7
80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$30
110GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RKT343.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 300 306 163 275 297 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
125% Outstanding
Read 973
Write 1,176
Mixed 511
SusWrite 295
165% 739 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 40.6
167% 68.4 MB/s
DQ Read 432
DQ Write 361
DQ Mixed 360
280% 384 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 125%
Great: 223%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102
21GB free
Firmware: 2.24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 93 71 81 93 93 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
54.9% Above average
Read 159
Write 108
Mixed 132
SusWrite 87.8
27% 122 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 88.4
4K Mixed 31.4
124% 48.2 MB/s
DQ Read 129
DQ Write 102
DQ Mixed 73.2
66% 101 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 54.9%
Great: 61%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160
368GB free
Firmware: M0CR011
SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 465 283 280 280 280 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
94.5% Outstanding
Read 405
Write 475
Mixed 389
SusWrite 340
91% 402 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 92.6
4K Mixed 39.1
138% 52.5 MB/s
DQ Read 341
DQ Write 321
DQ Mixed 336
251% 333 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 94.5%
Great: 104%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$92
423GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2229 1662 1664 1651 1645 1652 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
350% Outstanding
Read 2,541
Write 2368
Mixed 1,881
SusWrite 1,750
480% 2,135 MB/s
4K Read 62.6
4K Write 153
4K Mixed 86.7
287% 101 MB/s
DQ Read 1,302
DQ Write 1,032
DQ Mixed 1,178
879% 1,171 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 350%
Great: 410%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64
794GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 146 148 148 146 147 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
82.6% Excellent
Read 141
Write 132
Mixed 115
SusWrite 147
99% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.8
180% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
103% Outstanding
MC Read 39.1
MC Write 40.1
MC Mixed 31.3
105% 36.8 GB/s
SC Read 20.5
SC Write 41.4
SC Mixed 29.5
87% 30.5 GB/s
Latency 57.7
69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 103%
Great: 114%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B17) Builds (Compare 8,639 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 114%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 105%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B17) - $220

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 116% - Outstanding Total price: $830
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