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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80.6% 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 Drive92.2% 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B17
MotherboardMSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B17)  (all builds)
Memory19.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180903
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 24 '19 at 03:10
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 49%
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 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8700-$200
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
81.1% Excellent
Memory 92.2
1-Core 125
2-Core 201
82% 140 Pts
4-Core 376
8-Core 719
65% 548 Pts
64-Core 1094
68% 1094 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 81.1%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 93.8
Parallax 87.9
84% 94.9 fps
MRender 106
Gravity 89.5
Splatting 80.5
74% 92 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SK hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GB
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80000C00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 350 217 218 213 211 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
92.2% Outstanding
Read 461
Write 271
Mixed 287
SusWrite 235
70% 314 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 38.6
152% 60.3 MB/s
DQ Read 320
DQ Write 266
DQ Mixed 238
194% 275 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 92.2%
Great: 164%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
925GB free
Firmware: HPH4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 187 182 187 187 186 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 177
Mixed 78.7
SusWrite 185
115% 157 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 107%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HP26D4U6D8ME-16X KHX2666C16/8G 24GB
2667, 2667 MHz
16384, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
77.1% Very good
MC Read 29.3
MC Write 29.6
MC Mixed 22.4
77% 27.1 GB/s
SC Read 17.4
SC Write 30.6
SC Mixed 23.3
68% 23.8 GB/s
Latency 63.7
63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B17) Builds (Compare 8,624 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 114%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 105%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B17) - $220

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 117% - Outstanding Total price: $818
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