MSI Z490 PLUS (MS-7C98)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB 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 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-7C98
Motherboard	MSI Z490 PLUS (MS-7C98) (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200505
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	May 08 '22 at 04:01
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400-$115 71,804 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 73.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 220 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 464 56% 428 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$266 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 407B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 129 Parallax 126 113% 131 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 102 Splatting 96.7 91% 114 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot P210 2TB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0317A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 429 430 434 365 4.3 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 480 Write 366 Mixed 366 SusWrite 345 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 25 116% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 48.6 90% 172 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2D3600C18 8502 PSD48G266681 029E CMK16GX4M2D3600C18 8502 PSD48G266681 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	65.2% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21.5 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 94.3 42% 94.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 73%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z490 PLUS (MS-7C98) Builds (Compare 450 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 143%

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Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI Z490 PLUS (MS-7C98)

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	261x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	33x
Core i9-10900KFIntel $255Bench 99%, 21,040 samples	22x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	186x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	70x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	29x

SSD
P210 512GBPatriotBench 71%, 4,278 samples	48x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	34x
SU630 480GBAdataBench 67%, 31,107 samples	30x

RAM
NMUD416E86-3200D 2x16GBUnknownBench 101%, 3,261 samples	33x
F4 DDR4 3000 C16 1x16GBG.SKILLBench 44%, 5,762 samples	30x
F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 84%, 15,358 samples	18x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16