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

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.2% 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	115% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B17
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200102
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 10:35
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 242 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 773 73% 605 Pts	64-Core 963 60% 963 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 112 Parallax 114 94% 114 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 83.7 84% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 840GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 460 457 467 431 458 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 460 Mixed 428 SusWrite 450 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 50.8 166% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$88 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 175 172 171 171 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 149 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 168 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 85%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 1TB 4,641 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 351GB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 54 53 53 53 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 54.2 Write 41 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 52.4 36% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 32GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 155 Write 116 Mixed 91.7 145% 121 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.9 256% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 18.3 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 110%

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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	4,399x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,334x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,439x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,414x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,027x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	849x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	847x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	644x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	555x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	617x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	444x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	413x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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