MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 104%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 108%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C75
MotherboardMSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210629
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateAug 21 '21 at 19:01
Run Duration187 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
99.8% Outstanding
Memory 97.1
1-Core 154
2-Core 303
102% 185 Pts
4-Core 549
8-Core 1,091
97% 820 Pts
64-Core 1,662
103% 1,662 Pts
Poor: 86%
This bench: 99.8%
Great: 104%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Lighting 130
Reflection 115
Parallax 132
106% 126 fps
MRender 181
Gravity 118
Splatting 108
108% 136 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 105%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX1R2C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 72 70 69 59 61 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
46.2% Average
Read 94.5
Write 100
Mixed 30.9
SusWrite 66.4
53% 73.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.5
110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 46.2%
Great: 62%
General USB Flash Disk 16GB
15GB free, PID 1000
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
15.7% Very poor
Read 34.8
Write 26.1
Mixed 30.2
SusWrite 25.4
39% 29.1 MB/s
4K Read 6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 2
131% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 15.7%
Great: 15%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
93.4% Outstanding
MC Read 37.3
MC Write 35.4
MC Mixed 25.3
93% 32.7 GB/s
SC Read 20.8
SC Write 38.5
SC Mixed 27.6
83% 29 GB/s
Latency 49.7
80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 93.4%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS (MS-7C75) Builds (Compare 16,274 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS - $170

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $941
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