MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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 Drive	313% 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

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '20 at 20:35
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700-$230 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 148 2-Core 299 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 404 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 150 Parallax 154 126% 153 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 131 Splatting 118 115% 144 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2162 672 623 621 620 618 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,538 Write 2,388 Mixed 1,640 SusWrite 886 416% 1,863 MB/s	4K Read 68.8 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 91.2 309% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,505 DQ Write 1,276 DQ Mixed 1,392 1,042% 1,391 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 340%
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 0GB free Firmware: M206 SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 448 449 448 457 450 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 370 Write 447 Mixed 351 SusWrite 450 92% 405 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 40.1 144% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 124 151% 263 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%
WD WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 640GB 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 0GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 90 91 92 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 85.8 Write 82.3 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 90.7 64% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 76%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	3.27% Terrible	Read 15.1 Write 4 Mixed 3 SusWrite 4.2 7% 6.57 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 3% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.27% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 103%

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Typical MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS (MS-7C75) Builds (Compare 16,257 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS - $170

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,244x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,182x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,304x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,119x
RTX 3060Nvidia $275Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,452x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,346x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	859x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	582x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	551x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	702x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	697x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	348x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $922

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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