MSI MEG Z390 ACE (MS-7B12)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 60.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	115% 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.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B12
Motherboard	MSI MEG Z390 ACE (MS-7B12) (all builds)
Memory	37.8 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '22 at 04:27
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	60.9% Good	Memory 40.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 210 63% 122 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 825 75% 629 Pts	64-Core 1,608 100% 1,608 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% MSI(1462 3982) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 21.10.34 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 128 Parallax 281 107% 180 fps	MRender 226 Gravity 138 Splatting 165 142% 176 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme ADATA SX8100NP 512GB 275 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB411D39 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,175 Write 964 Mixed 1,004 302% 1,381 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 58.4 198% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,134 DQ Write 436 DQ Mixed 159 283% 577 MB/s
Poor: 115% Great: 306%
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$96 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 931GB free Firmware: 4B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1638 1687 1708 1673 1664 1642 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	309% Outstanding	Read 2,158 Write 1,561 Mixed 1,697 SusWrite 1,669 398% 1,771 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 75 229% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1234 DQ Write 972 DQ Mixed 1,081 815% 1,096 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 309% Great: 488%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 132 132 132 130 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 141 Write 130 Mixed 81.6 SusWrite 130 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 84%
Seagate ST18000NM000J-2TV103 18TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 13.5TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 249 247 247 243 249 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 10% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 3x16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3 of 4 slots used 48GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 31 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 23.4 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 7.5 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 198 20% 198 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 110%

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Gaming 152%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 151%

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Motherboard: MSI MEG Z390 ACE (MS-7B12) - $400

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,673x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	640x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	246x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	460x
RTX 2080Nvidia $396Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	278x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	230x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	235x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	192x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	172x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	127x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	103x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	89x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,456

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16