MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


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 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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	31.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C79
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI (all builds)
Memory	22.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210419
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '23 at 05:31
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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 i7-10700K-$224 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 288 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 955 90% 746 Pts	64-Core 1,413 88% 1,413 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 173 Parallax 175 126% 167 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 147 Splatting 111 102% 126 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Dual SATA Bridge 240GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 26GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 63 57 54 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 340 Write 296 Mixed 291 SusWrite 59.7 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 21 82% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 84.1 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 40 51% 88.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 60%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$44 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 21 44 26 18 24 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.7% Below average	Read 210 Write 215 Mixed 17.9 SusWrite 38 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 0.2 51% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 29.9 60% 119 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 76%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 10GB free Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,232 Write 855 Mixed 726 207% 938 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 55.1 206% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,190 DQ Write 842 DQ Mixed 760 637% 931 MB/s
Poor: 149% Great: 365%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 30GB free Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,635 Write 2,113 Mixed 1806 416% 1,852 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 71.1 238% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,190 DQ Write 876 DQ Mixed 1,017 765% 1,028 MB/s
Poor: 149% Great: 365%
Kingston SA400S37240G 960GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 722GB free Firmware: SBFKZ1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 382 453 455 460 459 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 235 Write 65.3 Mixed 35.4 SusWrite 427 43% 191 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 14.9 4K Mixed 10.4 44% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 13 DQ Write 12.9 DQ Mixed 12.7 10% 12.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 107%
Sandisk S3 500G 500GB 12,292 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 33GB free Firmware: 411040RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 68 67 71 81 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 447 Write 466 Mixed 328 SusWrite 92 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 45 148% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 256 218% 320 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 116%
Sabrent Dual SATA Bridge 1TB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 546GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 52 52 51 52 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 104 Write 23.6 Mixed 26.7 SusWrite 49.4 37% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 99%
HGST HUS 726060ALE610 6TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 488GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 41.2 Write 41.7 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 20.5 46% 34.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.9 144% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 73%
TOSHIBA HDWE150 5TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 42.5 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 20.4 46% 35 MB/s	4K Read 8.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 138% 3.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 29.8 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 27.5 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 120%

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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 EDGE WIFI - $271

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,937x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,094x
Core i5-10600KIntel $141Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,731x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,044x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,780x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,253x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,409x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	625x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	569x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	775x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	526x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $128Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	491x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,136

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16