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

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B17
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200102
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '21 at 22:53
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$120 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 705 75% 599 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64% Good	Lighting 90.1 Reflection 89.9 Parallax 84.3 73% 88.1 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 80.5 Splatting 0.3 46% 64.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4004RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 77 56 52 35 28 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 445 Write 358 Mixed 298 SusWrite 72.4 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 7.6 63% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 82.4 DQ Write 89.5 DQ Mixed 13 30% 61.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 607GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 168 172 169 168 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 150 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 168 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 61% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 21.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 22.2 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 70.7 56% 70.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $242Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	4,464x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,373x
Core i5-9600KIntel $136Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,466x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,430x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,037x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	864x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	856x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	653x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	558x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	623x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	450x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $128Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	422x

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Value: 119% - Outstanding

Total price: $772

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16