MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B17)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics110% 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 Drive54.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B17
MotherboardMSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B17)  (all builds)
Memory8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180903
Uptime2.4 Days
Run DateDec 03 '19 at 19:04
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU 34%

 PC Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
82.6% Excellent
Memory 81.9
1-Core 134
2-Core 270
88% 162 Pts
4-Core 466
8-Core 557
66% 512 Pts
64-Core 632
39% 632 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 103%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
110% Outstanding
Lighting 147
Reflection 162
Parallax 145
120% 151 fps
MRender 109
Gravity 149
Splatting 110
100% 123 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 110%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38
370GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKB1C3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 62 44 44 62 44 MB/s
Performing below potential (20th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
54.4% Above average
Read 210
Write 159
Mixed 214
SusWrite 49.7
35% 158 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 62.2
4K Mixed 29.5
106% 38.3 MB/s
DQ Read 232
DQ Write 229
DQ Mixed 43.8
84% 168 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 54.4%
Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
853GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 181 186 180 188 188 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 185
Mixed 70.7
SusWrite 183
113% 155 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 104%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
61.8% Good
MC Read 24
MC Write 23.6
MC Mixed 20.1
64% 22.6 GB/s
SC Read 12.8
SC Write 17.1
SC Mixed 14.4
42% 14.8 GB/s
Latency 77.2
52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 61.8%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B17) Builds (Compare 6,491 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 114%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 106%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B17) - $450

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 117% - Outstanding Total price: $1,118
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HDDRAMUSB
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