MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	28.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201013
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '22 at 10:13
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400F-$99 153,026 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 96 2-Core 189 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 708 63% 535 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3790) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	72.1% Very good	Lighting 95.3 Reflection 92.5 Parallax 80.6 78% 89.5 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 81.7 Splatting 74.9 61% 74.5 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 229GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 5.1 3.1 2.2 3.8 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 290 Write 201 Mixed 220 SusWrite 17.1 40% 182 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 12.5 4K Mixed 13.3 41% 12.4 MB/s	DQ Read 75.6 DQ Write 38 DQ Mixed 43.7 36% 52.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 673GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 181 178 156 178 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 181 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 173 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB 14,156 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 10.7 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 11.3 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 62%

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

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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 PLUS - $170

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,250x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,183x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,304x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,119x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,454x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,346x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	860x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	582x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	551x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	702x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	698x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	348x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $922

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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