MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	79.9% 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 Drive	247% 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.
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.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C79
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '21 at 06:22
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$144 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 158 2-Core 326 105% 194 Pts	4-Core 613 8-Core 1,042 100% 827 Pts	64-Core 1,352 84% 1,352 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 2360 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Lighting 106 Reflection 102 Parallax 89.5 86% 98.8 fps	MRender 79.9 Gravity 89.8 Splatting 80.9 68% 83.5 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 73%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 29,078 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 600GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1111A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1604 1200 799 1323 1281 1414 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1480 Write 1,587 Mixed 993 SusWrite 1,270 300% 1,333 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 220 4K Mixed 26.8 233% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 895 DQ Write 1,088 DQ Mixed 476 502% 819 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 310%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL18-22-22 D4-3600 2x8GB 2,960 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 44.1 MC Mixed 27.8 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 49.9 SC Mixed 29.5 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

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

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI - $271

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,898x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,077x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,720x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,026x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,768x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,243x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,401x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	618x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	562x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	772x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	521x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	487x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,053

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