MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics75.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C79
MotherboardMSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201012
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 09 '21 at 20:17
Run Duration135 Seconds
Run User EGY-User
Background CPU2%
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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 i5-10600K-$129
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
95.9% Outstanding
Memory 96.3
1-Core 145
2-Core 286
97% 176 Pts
4-Core 513
8-Core 878
84% 695 Pts
64-Core 1,173
73% 1,173 Pts
Poor: 81%
This bench: 95.9%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3060 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
75.7% Very good
Lighting 96
Reflection 96.7
Parallax 86.1
78% 92.9 fps
MRender 97.7
Gravity 90.2
Splatting 76.5
71% 88.1 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,558
Write 2194
Mixed 1,566
467% 2,106 MB/s
4K Read 70.4
4K Write 208
4K Mixed 98.1
342% 125 MB/s
DQ Read 1,006
DQ Write 1,079
DQ Mixed 1,159
840% 1,081 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71
1.5TB free
Firmware: JKAOA3MA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 102 99 103 101 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
61.7% Good
Read 115
Write 94.3
Mixed 46.2
SusWrite 100
65% 88.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 61.7%
Great: 69%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$215
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 95 95 96 98 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
63.1% Good
Read 124
Write 114
Mixed 90.7
SusWrite 95.4
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
198% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 63.1%
Great: 98%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
104% Outstanding
MC Read 38.6
MC Write 43.2
MC Mixed 28.3
105% 36.7 GB/s
SC Read 21.1
SC Write 46.5
SC Mixed 29.9
93% 32.5 GB/s
Latency 52.8
76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 104%
Great: 121%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C79) Builds (Compare 16,649 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 EDGE WIFI - $271

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $1,143
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