MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.6% 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	227% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B17
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190326
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '22 at 19:33
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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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 i5-9600KF-$180 65,122 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 62.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 259 79% 150 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 543 65% 501 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% PNY(196E 133C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 107 Parallax 121 96% 115 fps	MRender 166 Gravity 106 Splatting 99.8 98% 124 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 627 565 565 562 562 554 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 2,014 Write 1722 Mixed 1,316 SusWrite 572 314% 1,406 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 66.6 216% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,137 DQ Write 849 DQ Mixed 986 739% 991 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 188 189 187 189 188 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 128 Write 114 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 185 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 100% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	50.9% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 18.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 12.2 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 74%

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) - $190

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	4,438x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,357x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,453x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,421x
RTX 3070Nvidia $490Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,034x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	857x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $82Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	856x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	651x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	556x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	621x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	447x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	418x

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Value: 116% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

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) $47	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16