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

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B17
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '23 at 01:40
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	58%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 272 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 681 75% 594 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.8% Very good	Lighting 90.9 Reflection 88.9 Parallax 83.4 74% 87.7 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 80.5 Splatting 72.1 70% 88.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 547GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 418 414 440 447 459 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 398 Mixed 388 SusWrite 431 94% 415 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 45.1 158% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 352 264% 352 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABS0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 57 57 53 35 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 12.5 Write 29.6 Mixed 19.7 SusWrite 49 20% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 44% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3200 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 04CB DDR4 3200 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 30.9 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 29.6 86% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 101%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	4,409x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,346x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,440x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,416x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,029x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	850x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	853x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	645x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	555x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	617x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	444x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	416x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $803

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 $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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16