MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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.
Boot Drive	184% 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.
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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C79
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '23 at 19:17
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$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 above expectations (66^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 220 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 693 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Gigabyte(1458 405B) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3701 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	132% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 173 Parallax 163 150% 173 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 143 Splatting 123 120% 150 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team TM8FP6512G 512GB 6,771 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0918A0L SusWrite @10s intervals: 1303 1306 582 502 616 1162 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1296 Write 1,406 Mixed 918 SusWrite 912 255% 1,133 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 24.8 158% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 681 DQ Write 711 DQ Mixed 438 401% 610 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 270%
WD WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB 9,544 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 496GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 102 103 102 101 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 18% Great: 101%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 146 147 149 149 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 144 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 146 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GB 45,582 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 32.6 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 27.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 125%

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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 EDGE WIFI - $271

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,896x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,077x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,720x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,026x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,766x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,242x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,401x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	618x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	562x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	772x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	521x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	487x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,055

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