MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 99.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.7% 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	335% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B17
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190225
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '19 at 18:31
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 145 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 856 89% 714 Pts	64-Core 847 52% 847 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 95.5 Parallax 88.6 86% 96.6 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 82.6 76% 94.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1011 859 857 862 854 849 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	335% Outstanding	Read 2,644 Write 2399 Mixed 1,823 SusWrite 882 433% 1,937 MB/s	4K Read 75.3 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 99.3 329% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1,853 DQ Write 1,419 DQ Mixed 1,536 1,176% 1,603 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 335% Great: 355%
Samsung MZ7TE512HMHP-000 512GB 3,033 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 138GB free Firmware: EXT02L06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 423 422 422 422 422 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 414 Mixed 234 SusWrite 422 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 37.3 159% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 92.1 122% 223 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 223GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 99 99 99 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 88 Write 76.2 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 98.7 62% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 23.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 97%

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

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) - $190

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	4,409x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,346x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,441x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,417x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,029x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	850x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	853x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	645x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	555x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	617x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	444x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	416x

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Value: 116% - Outstanding

Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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