MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B17
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '21 at 03:32
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i5-9600KF-$180 65,122 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 289 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 783 86% 677 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 9580) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1475 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 67.6 Parallax 102 65% 83 fps	MRender 67.2 Gravity 82.4 Splatting 50.8 53% 66.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,535 Write 1,868 Mixed 1,538 438% 1,980 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 84.8 281% 98.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,554 DQ Write 1,337 DQ Mixed 1,424 1,073% 1,439 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 107GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 483 484 485 428 320 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 486 Mixed 440 SusWrite 446 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 59.4 195% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 355 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 252GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 120 122 122 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 115 Write 114 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 120 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,494 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 29.4 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 29.9 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

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Typical MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) Builds (Compare 14,142 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 114%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) - $190

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	4,397x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,332x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,437x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,414x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,027x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	848x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	847x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	642x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	554x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	615x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	444x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	413x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $807

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