MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	176% 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-7C75
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 15:22
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600-$144 7,605 User benchmarks, average bench 90% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 277 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 892 85% 702 Pts	64-Core 1,165 72% 1,165 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 137 Parallax 132 110% 135 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 139 Splatting 116 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 128GB 684 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EDFM00.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 565 575 277 124 124 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,400 Write 574 Mixed 729 SusWrite 295 165% 750 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 69 252% 95.6 MB/s	DQ Read 495 DQ Write 588 DQ Mixed 472 375% 518 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 180%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 465GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 102 97 96 108 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 131 Write 113 Mixed 25.9 SusWrite 103 68% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 557GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 188 189 191 191 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 138 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 190 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 25.8 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 42.2 SC Mixed 29.2 86% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 101%

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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 PLUS - $170

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,254x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,183x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,304x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,119x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,454x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,347x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	860x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	582x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	551x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	702x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	699x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	348x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $941

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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