MSI MPG Z390M GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B50)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	214% 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

24 months ago, 24 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B50
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390M GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B50) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '22 at 17:01
Run Duration	319 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th 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-$137 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 84.9 1-Core 138 2-Core 269 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 756 82% 648 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Zotac(19DA 5527) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.2% Good	Lighting 85.7 Reflection 88.2 Parallax 81.4 70% 85.1 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 70.2 68% 85.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$88 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 615GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1208 322 541 289 705 1353 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,411 Write 1,402 Mixed 1,048 SusWrite 737 258% 1,150 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 71.4 250% 91.6 MB/s	DQ Read 661 DQ Write 912 DQ Mixed 267 347% 613 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 295%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$88 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 857GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1177 1182 1186 1182 1188 1184 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,297 Write 1,189 Mixed 876 SusWrite 1,183 256% 1,136 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 70.4 222% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 682 DQ Write 885 DQ Mixed 274 349% 614 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 295%
WDC WD10 01FALS-00J7B1 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 168GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 2.1 1.9 2.1 1.6 3.2 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 83 Write 81.4 Mixed 63.1 SusWrite 2.4 73% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 119% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 23%
WDC WD10 EZEX-21M2NA0 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 808GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 157 157 155 157 160 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	66.3% Good	Read 164 Write 160 Mixed 128 SusWrite 157 206% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 131% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 66%
WDC WD10 03FZEX-00MK2A0 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 752GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 155 155 154 156 158 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.6% Good	Read 156 Write 150 Mixed 114 SusWrite 155 194% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 114% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 65%
WDC WD60 EFAX-68JH4N0 6TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 5TB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 3.5 3.3 2.7 2.3 2.6 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.8% Very good	Read 194 Write 164 Mixed 110 SusWrite 3.4 144% 118 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 12.2 4K Mixed 1.1 521% 10.6 MB/s	DQ Read 0.6 DQ Write 10.1 DQ Mixed 0.5 363% 3.73 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 71%
WDC WD30 EFRX-68EUZN0 3TB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 833GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 3 3.2 3 2.4 3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 76.2 Write 75.8 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 3.4 72% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 99% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 59%
WDC WD30 EFRX-68N32N0 3TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 151 151 156 158 158 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 154 Write 160 Mixed 126 SusWrite 155 203% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 133% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 66%
WDC WD30 EFRX-68N32N0 3TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 152 153 157 158 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 152 Write 152 Mixed 119 SusWrite 156 197% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 130% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 66%
WDC WD40 EFRX-68N32N0 4TB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 176 176 176 176 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 173 Write 164 Mixed 127 SusWrite 176 216% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 133% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.3 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 104%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390M GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B50)

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $253Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	658x
Core i9-9900KIntel $395Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	535x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	435x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	172x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $365Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	167x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	155x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	141x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	116x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	108x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	82x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	72x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $103Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	71x

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Value: 117% - Outstanding

Total price: $599

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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $234	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406