MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	198% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 12 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C79
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210419
Uptime	17.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '23 at 02:45
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 223 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 759 71% 592 Pts	64-Core 958 59% 958 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3173) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.18 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 191 Parallax 115 106% 145 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 130 Splatting 117 115% 144 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 549GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1420 810 634 530 502 532 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,353 Write 1,646 Mixed 1,225 SusWrite 738 279% 1,240 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 62.2 211% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 931 DQ Write 575 DQ Mixed 773 570% 760 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 276%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 321GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 142 143 144 142 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 137 Write 134 Mixed 84.1 SusWrite 143 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6CJR8N-XN Kingston KHX3200C16D4/8GX 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 26.3 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 27.7 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 94%

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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	1,732x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,044x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,780x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,253x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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: $1,126

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	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