MSI MEG Z490 ACE (MS-7C71)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics73.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive313% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C71
MotherboardMSI MEG Z490 ACE (MS-7C71)  (all builds)
Memory26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200414
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 18 '21 at 08:14
Run Duration188 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 54%

 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-10900-$276
U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
93.7% Outstanding
Memory 87.9
1-Core 141
2-Core 266
91% 165 Pts
4-Core 534
8-Core 1,005
92% 770 Pts
64-Core 1,988
123% 1,988 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 93.7%
Great: 102%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (23rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
73.8% Very good
Lighting 91.5
Reflection 105
Parallax 94.4
75% 97.1 fps
MRender 91.7
Gravity 91.1
Splatting 83.7
72% 88.8 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 73.8%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$92
319GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1478 1431 1377 1379 1364 1349 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
313% Outstanding
Read 2,561
Write 2,378
Mixed 1,816
SusWrite 1,396
457% 2,038 MB/s
4K Read 60.3
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 80.3
271% 95 MB/s
DQ Read 1,120
DQ Write 744
DQ Mixed 953
705% 939 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 313%
Great: 410%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$92
595GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2402 2201 1451 1457 1445 1415 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
344% Outstanding
Read 2,592
Write 2,376
Mixed 1,945
SusWrite 1,728
485% 2,161 MB/s
4K Read 62.2
4K Write 150
4K Mixed 85.8
284% 99.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1200
DQ Write 872
DQ Mixed 1,041
776% 1,038 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 344%
Great: 410%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73% Very good
MC Read 26.8
MC Write 27.8
MC Mixed 22.2
73% 25.6 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 28.9
SC Mixed 23.8
66% 23.1 GB/s
Latency 69.7
57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 73%
Great: 114%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MEG Z490 ACE (MS-7C71) Builds (Compare 1,816 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 183%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 103%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 196%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI MEG Z490 ACE (MS-7C71)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $1,507
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