MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.1% 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	86.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 5 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C79
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1720 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210419
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '23 at 07:47
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$150 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 828 74% 623 Pts	64-Core 1,009 62% 1,009 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4072) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 138 Parallax 100 87% 115 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 101 Splatting 87.8 87% 109 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 228GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 348 399 419 313 313 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 272 Write 399 Mixed 324 SusWrite 361 77% 339 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 38.4 124% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 179 177% 284 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 117%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 1,462 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 828GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 40 40 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	Read 49.9 Write 30.2 Mixed 34 SusWrite 40 28% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown D4U0830160B 2x8GB 1,031 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 17.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 20.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 93%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	54	21	240	24.5"	1720 1080	DELA17C AW2521HFL

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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	4,922x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,084x
Core i5-10600KIntel $150Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,724x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,032x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,776x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,250x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $81Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,404x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	623x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	567x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	774x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	524x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	489x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,118

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16