MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 112% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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	77.4% 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	287% 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-7C75
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.6 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 12 '21 at 06:43
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 87.4 1-Core 182 2-Core 366 112% 212 Pts	4-Core 732 8-Core 1,175 117% 954 Pts	64-Core 1,405 87% 1,405 Pts
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 13D3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3535 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 95.2 Parallax 86.8 81% 93.6 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 84.2 Splatting 75.3 71% 88.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.4% 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% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1354 301 305 304 305 303 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 2,391 Write 1,451 Mixed 992 SusWrite 478 293% 1,328 MB/s	4K Read 63.8 4K Write 242 4K Mixed 96.3 348% 134 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 1,489 DQ Mixed 1,017 830% 1,161 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 280%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$80 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 651GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 451 444 430 441 438 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 426 Mixed 383 SusWrite 445 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 51.5 179% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 287 233% 330 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: 378 121 90 82 103 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 447 Write 438 Mixed 330 SusWrite 144 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 36 146% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 184 168% 255 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 104 106 107 104 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 144 Write 117 Mixed 75.9 SusWrite 104 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.3% 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 (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 33.6 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 27.7 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 31.8 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 103%

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Typical MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS (MS-7C75) Builds (Compare 16,399 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

UFO

Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS - $174

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $200Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,294x
Core i5-10600KIntel $154Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,198x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,314x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,126x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,471x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,356x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	866x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	583x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	559x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	707x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	700x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	354x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,014

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 $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) $23	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