MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics78.1% 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 Drive289% 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C79
MotherboardMSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI  (all builds)
Memory19.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20201012
Uptime1.6 Days
Run DateAug 06 '22 at 21:33
Run Duration221 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-10500-$140
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
92.9% Outstanding
Memory 94.1
1-Core 134
2-Core 262
91% 163 Pts
4-Core 494
8-Core 808
80% 651 Pts
64-Core 1,047
65% 1,047 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 92.9%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$270
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
78.1% Very good
Lighting 106
Reflection 87
Parallax 92.6
87% 95.4 fps
MRender 86.6
Gravity 74.8
Splatting 66.6
61% 76 fps
Poor: 69%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 79%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95
483GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 989 1007 1010 1010 1015 1001 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
289% Outstanding
Read 2,476
Write 2,194
Mixed 2,194
SusWrite 1,005
441% 1,967 MB/s
4K Read 63.8
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 83.4
269% 90.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,235
DQ Write 750
DQ Mixed 923
706% 970 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 289%
Great: 410%
Sandisk S3 1T00 1TB
508GB free
Firmware: 415020RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 381 384 375 380 384 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 494
Write 466
Mixed 378
SusWrite 394
97% 433 MB/s
4K Read 35.8
4K Write 88.9
4K Mixed 46.9
161% 57.2 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 256
217% 317 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 109%
Great: 118%
Team T253X2512G 512GB
476GB free
Firmware: 0200Se10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 219 73 72 73 73 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
82.7% Excellent
Read 440
Write 424
Mixed 353
SusWrite 154
77% 342 MB/s
4K Read 32.3
4K Write 86.2
4K Mixed 33.9
138% 50.8 MB/s
DQ Read 291
DQ Write 329
DQ Mixed 208
185% 276 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 82.7%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2666 C16 Series 8A45 CL16-18-18 D4-3000 24GB
2933, 2933 MHz
16384, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
66.4% Good
MC Read 25
MC Write 24.7
MC Mixed 18.6
65% 22.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 26.7
SC Mixed 20.6
61% 21.2 GB/s
Latency 59.6
67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 66.4%
Great: 92%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C79) Builds (Compare 16,457 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI - $271

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $1,064
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