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

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.9% 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	147% 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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B17
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '21 at 12:34
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-9100F-$135 34,310 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 469 67% 490 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3025 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 96.8 Reflection 128 Parallax 80 79% 102 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 93.2 Splatting 78.6 73% 90.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-512M9PeGN 512GB 792 User benchmarks, average bench 181% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 395 435 410 392 401 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 1,500 Write 1,792 Mixed 299 SusWrite 392 222% 996 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 52.3 92% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 1,125 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 407 372% 596 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 245%
Fujitsu MHZ2320BH G2 320GB 3,061 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 232GB free Firmware: 00000009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 50 48 50 48 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 19.4 Write 25.3 Mixed 16.9 SusWrite 47.4 20% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 51% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 35%
WD Elements 2621 2TB 11,378 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free, PID 2621 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 38 40 40 39 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 34.3 Write 35.4 Mixed 28.6 SusWrite 37.7 47% 34 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.4 156% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 64%
SanDisk Ultra 123GB 2,890 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 4GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 40 40 41 41 40 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 143 Write 36.1 Mixed 26.6 SusWrite 39.4 65% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2.5 160% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 39%

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 @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 28.1 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 26.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 111%

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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 $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	4,430x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,352x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,449x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,420x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,032x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	854x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	853x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	647x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	556x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	619x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	447x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	417x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16