MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B17)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	124% 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	70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B17
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B17) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190808
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '21 at 19:53
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$263 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	55.7% Above average	Memory 37.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 222 66% 129 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 891 74% 642 Pts	64-Core 1100 68% 1100 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2487) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 145 Parallax 153 134% 154 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 167 Splatting 117 124% 156 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GB 30,266 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80000C00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 162 159 144 154 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 421 Write 192 Mixed 247 SusWrite 157 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 28.6 104% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 256 194% 263 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 164%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 73GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,950 Write 1,438 Mixed 1,307 347% 1,565 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 50.8 167% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 869 DQ Write 667 DQ Mixed 784 582% 774 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 417GB free Firmware: HPH4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 166 164 163 166 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 191 Mixed 79 SusWrite 165 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 152% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 173 174 180 175 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 117 Write 161 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 174 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 34% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2C3200C16 1x16GB 1,584 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 11.4 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 6.5 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 215 19% 215 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 106%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B17) - $450

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $263Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,270x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,825x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	700x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	581x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	537x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	463x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	548x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	355x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	312x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	290x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	276x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	218x

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Value: 116% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,132

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16