MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	73.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	160% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200525
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '21 at 00:09
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 289 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 878 90% 729 Pts	64-Core 1192 74% 1192 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 13D3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.1% Very good	Lighting 91.6 Reflection 90 Parallax 83.8 75% 88.5 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 79.9 Splatting 71.3 70% 88.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 313 312 303 303 303 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 744 Write 703 Mixed 660 SusWrite 326 136% 608 MB/s	4K Read 53.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 75.2 242% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 833 DQ Write 710 DQ Mixed 1,031 702% 858 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 302%
Gamer V TA1D0120A 120GB 288 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 78GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 120 51 51 52 51 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 309 Write 268 Mixed 244 SusWrite 78.4 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 29.4 125% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 158 139% 205 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 336GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 124 124 122 124 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 126 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 122 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 24.7 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.8 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 111%

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Typical MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS (MS-7C75) Builds (Compare 16,267 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	4,251x
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	1,346x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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	698x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	348x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $922

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