MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B17)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B17
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B17) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '21 at 11:26
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$137 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 780 82% 658 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Zotac(19DA 4527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.4% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 99.4 Parallax 90.5 82% 96.8 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 91.3 Splatting 77.2 72% 89 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,439 Write 1,217 Mixed 1116 349% 1,591 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 82.5 279% 98.9 MB/s	DQ Read 982 DQ Write 1,450 DQ Mixed 1,014 824% 1,148 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 38GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 154 39 33 33 33 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 480 Mixed 428 SusWrite 110 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 53.3 184% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 228 206% 313 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 118%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 444GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 107 107 105 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 104 Write 87.5 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 106 67% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 86%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 264GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 82 83 83 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 71 Write 76.7 Mixed 16 SusWrite 82 44% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3333 C16 2x8GB 7,608 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80% Very good	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 23.2 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 115%

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Typical MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B17) Builds (Compare 8,693 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 114%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B17) - $220

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $263Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,776x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	2,447x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,078x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	765x
RTX 2080Nvidia $389Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	591x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	584x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	578x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	438x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	408x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	367x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	312x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	262x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $843

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16