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

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	80.9% 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	192% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201012
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '21 at 00:30
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 87.7 1-Core 161 2-Core 324 102% 191 Pts	4-Core 644 8-Core 956 100% 800 Pts	64-Core 958 59% 958 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 98.5 Parallax 90.8 84% 97.4 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 86.8 Splatting 77.8 75% 94.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS3030 250GB SSD 8,682 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS303225 SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 243 251 243 252 231 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,294 Write 562 Mixed 1,088 SusWrite 280 179% 806 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 75 273% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 791 DQ Write 952 DQ Mixed 411 438% 718 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 214%
Corsair Force MP300 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$75 4,196 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 89GB free Firmware: E8FM11.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 178 156 132 132 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 791 Write 98.9 Mixed 176 SusWrite 146 65% 303 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 48.7 177% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 270 192% 250 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 852GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 173 174 173 175 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 155 Mixed 98.3 SusWrite 174 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 228% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 100 101 101 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 86.8 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 99.2 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 26.8 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 25.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 99%

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Typical MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) Builds (Compare 14,243 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 $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	4,435x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,354x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,453x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,421x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,034x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	857x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	854x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	650x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	556x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	621x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	447x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	418x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $815

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16