MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 112%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	77.2% 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	275% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '21 at 16:13
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11600K-$180 43,966 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Memory 87.7 1-Core 183 2-Core 328 108% 200 Pts	4-Core 734 8-Core 1,194 118% 964 Pts	64-Core 1,397 86% 1,397 Pts
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 13D3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3535 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 95.2 Parallax 87 80% 93.6 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 83.9 Splatting 75.3 71% 88.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1348 305 304 307 305 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 2,278 Write 1,468 Mixed 1189 SusWrite 479 300% 1,353 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 227 4K Mixed 92.9 330% 127 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 1,377 DQ Mixed 1,013 811% 1,122 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 280%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 651GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 459 447 441 446 441 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 461 Mixed 391 SusWrite 451 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 51.1 175% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 288 234% 331 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 125%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 161GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 143 94 88 86 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 453 Write 438 Mixed 327 SusWrite 143 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 36.4 144% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 188 170% 258 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 86 87 89 87 88 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 135 Write 133 Mixed 88 SusWrite 86.5 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 13,671 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 33.2 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 28.7 SC Write 42.4 SC Mixed 32.3 98% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 103%

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS - $170

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,266x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,186x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,305x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,119x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,458x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,350x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	862x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	582x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	553x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	705x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	699x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	349x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $946

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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) $37	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