MSI MEG Z390 ACE (MS-7B12)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97% 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	278% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B12
Motherboard	MSI MEG Z390 ACE (MS-7B12) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191230
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '20 at 05:07
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600KF-$180 65,122 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 839 87% 699 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% XFX(1682 5710) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 26.20.15029.27017 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 101 Parallax 199 97% 140 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 111 Splatting 139 97% 115 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 664 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 838GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0Q.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1668 1784 1726 1664 1746 1719 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 1105 Write 1,769 Mixed 1,031 SusWrite 1,718 319% 1,406 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 76.3 252% 96.5 MB/s	DQ Read 570 DQ Write 1,707 DQ Mixed 945 778% 1,074 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 297%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2014)-$220 1,278 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 5.5TB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 209 210 211 211 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 162 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 209 120% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.6% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 21.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 22.7 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 152%

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Desktop 102%

UFO

Workstation 151%

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Motherboard: MSI MEG Z390 ACE (MS-7B12) - $400

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,675x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	641x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	246x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	461x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	278x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	230x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	235x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	192x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	172x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	127x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	103x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	89x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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