MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.2% 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	219% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C79
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI (all builds)
Memory	59.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '21 at 23:43
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 53.7 1-Core 62.9 2-Core 283 64% 133 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 959 88% 739 Pts	64-Core 1,587 98% 1,587 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.2% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 135 Parallax 125 100% 127 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 125 Splatting 111 95% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 356GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 660 659 655 658 650 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 2,075 Write 1,685 Mixed 1414 SusWrite 625 323% 1,450 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 56 195% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 702 DQ Mixed 882 647% 854 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 462 461 456 457 454 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 467 Mixed 454 SusWrite 407 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 45.1 147% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 351GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1742 1593 1581 1604 1400 1351 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,268 Write 2,003 Mixed 1,749 SusWrite 1,545 425% 1,891 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 63.5 208% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,039 DQ Write 804 DQ Mixed 946 701% 930 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 435%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 029E CMW32GX4M2Z3600C18 029E CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 029E CMW32GX4M2Z3600C18 64GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 3600, 3600, 3600, 3600 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 32.6 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 50.4 SC Mixed 30.9 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 148 27% 148 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 12: 1R 2G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
12%	50%	8	110	6	95	27.2"	2194 1234	GSM5B9A 27GN950

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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 EDGE WIFI - $271

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,898x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,077x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,720x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,026x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,768x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,243x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,401x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	618x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	562x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	772x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	521x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	487x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,053

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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