MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	77.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C79
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200521
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '21 at 22:56
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 152 2-Core 300 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 1,010 97% 799 Pts	64-Core 1,548 96% 1,548 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 96.4 Reflection 112 Parallax 99.6 79% 103 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 84.2 75% 93.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.1.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 444 Write 258 Mixed 75.3 56% 259 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 14.3 4K Mixed 11.5 41% 12.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32.2 DQ Write 12.4 DQ Mixed 15.7 13% 20.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% Great: 56%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 74GB free Firmware: 4.AAA SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 97 96 98 98 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 92.2 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 96 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 53%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 100GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 90 90 91 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 99.7 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 89.2 62% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 60%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 38GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 51 52 52 52 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 53 Write 53.7 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 51.7 40% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 59%
Toshiba DT01ABA200 2TB 2,995 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 112GB free Firmware: MZ4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 73 79 79 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 78 Write 82.5 Mixed 20 SusWrite 76.9 47% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 23.6 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 28.2 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 102%

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI - $271

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,893x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,074x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,718x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,023x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,765x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,238x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,400x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	616x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	562x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	772x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	521x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	486x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,064

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