MSI MPG Z390I GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7C04)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	170% 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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C04
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390I GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7C04) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190321
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '20 at 07:33
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	QAT-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 284 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 802 85% 680 Pts	64-Core 825 51% 825 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC7) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Lighting 96.9 Reflection 86.1 Parallax 74.2 79% 85.7 fps	MRender 69.4 Gravity 76.4 Splatting 75.4 61% 73.7 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 256GB 15,205 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 874 299 302 303 303 302 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,070 Write 996 Mixed 940 SusWrite 397 191% 851 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 58.8 210% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 711 DQ Write 1,000 DQ Mixed 712 578% 808 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 230%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 4,922 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 130 131 132 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 104 Write 127 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 131 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.8 210% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21.2 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 146%

UFO

Desktop 97%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 134%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390I GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7C04)

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	363x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	305x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	233x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	194x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	144x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	133x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	157x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	60x
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 239%, 34,988 samples	51x

RAM
M378A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 47%, 6,582 samples	178x
M378A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 87%, 6,612 samples	109x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	65x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $690

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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