MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	27.8% 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.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS (all builds)
Memory	3.7 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 10:18
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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-$98 153,026 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 (19^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 191 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 708 64% 542 Pts	64-Core 948 59% 948 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 80.6% 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 below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63.2% Good	Lighting 94.9 Reflection 92.5 Parallax 80.7 77% 89.4 fps	MRender 67.1 Gravity 82.2 Splatting 0.3 36% 49.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 63.2% 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: 139 3.8 23 4.7 4.2 126 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	27.8% Poor	Read 264 Write 192 Mixed 219 SusWrite 50.1 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 9.5 4K Mixed 12.8 37% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 68.8 DQ Write 40.2 DQ Mixed 43.4 35% 50.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 673GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 178 178 181 178 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 174 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 178 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% 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 (19^th percentile)	40.3% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 10.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 11.7 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.3% 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 $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,280x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,193x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,308x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,121x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,467x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,351x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	864x
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	557x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	707x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	700x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	350x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $928

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16