MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B17)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.6% 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 Drive	173% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B17
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B17) (all builds)
Memory	15.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20221020
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '23 at 21:08
Run Duration	421 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400-$161 22,187 User benchmarks, average bench 86% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 628 70% 552 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 535.98 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.6% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 131 Parallax 114 93% 120 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 96.5 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SX8100NP 1TB 3,479 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB411D39 SusWrite @10s intervals: 704 584 357 1000 805 262 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,560 Write 1,024 Mixed 939 SusWrite 619 230% 1,036 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 38 128% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 736 DQ Write 770 DQ Mixed 718 549% 741 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 336%
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 369GB free Firmware: O0803B5a SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 261 97 89 90 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 358 Write 387 Mixed 307 SusWrite 156 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 32.5 109% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 33.5 DQ Mixed 0 40% 104 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 95%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 93GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 256 242 271 274 268 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 472 Write 455 Mixed 358 SusWrite 274 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 32.3 102% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 183 180% 287 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 101%
Mushkin Pilot NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$149 3,554 User benchmarks, average bench 221% 187GB free Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 464 468 472 462 448 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,975 Write 492 Mixed 558 SusWrite 460 190% 871 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 36.5 131% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 486 DQ Write 410 DQ Mixed 483 352% 460 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 322%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 261GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1768 931 574 603 602 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,251 Write 2,073 Mixed 1,413 SusWrite 846 368% 1,646 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 60.9 189% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,016 DQ Write 781 DQ Mixed 937 690% 911 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 340%
SHGP31-1000GM-2 1TB 9,764 User benchmarks, average bench 312% 815GB free Firmware: 41060C20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1911 1951 2014 1856 1408 1369 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,133 Write 1926 Mixed 1,437 SusWrite 1,752 407% 1,812 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 54.4 174% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 962 DQ Write 786 DQ Mixed 865 650% 871 MB/s
Poor: 181% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 414%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 815GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 156 155 156 155 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 112 Write 117 Mixed 28.4 SusWrite 153 74% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 1.9 357% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 108%
WD My Book 1230 5TB 1,107 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 92 89 91 91 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 109 Write 114 Mixed 78 SusWrite 90.5 132% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 122% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FA11 4x8GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 76%

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 106%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B17) - $450

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $259Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,275x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,826x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	701x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	584x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	537x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	463x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	549x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	355x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	312x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $118Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	290x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	277x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	218x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,132

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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