MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics103% 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 Drive176% 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.
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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C79
MotherboardMSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI  (all builds)
Memory10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201211
Uptime3.6 Days
Run DateJan 04 '21 at 09:19
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-10400F-$98
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
86.7% Excellent
Memory 86.5
1-Core 128
2-Core 252
86% 156 Pts
4-Core 467
8-Core 802
77% 635 Pts
64-Core 1,028
64% 1,028 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 86.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199
MSI(1462 3816) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.12.1
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
103% Outstanding
Lighting 134
Reflection 140
Parallax 192
109% 155 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 137
Splatting 96.5
94% 116 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 103%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 215 216 217 218 221 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
176% Outstanding
Read 1,433
Write 820
Mixed 977
SusWrite 237
192% 867 MB/s
4K Read 47
4K Write 154
4K Mixed 68.1
240% 89.7 MB/s
DQ Read 685
DQ Write 682
DQ Mixed 573
461% 647 MB/s
Poor: 119%
This bench: 176%
Great: 199%
Apple HDD ST3000DM001 3TB
2TB free
Firmware: AQ03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 182 185 185 185 185 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 195
Write 164
Mixed 36.5
SusWrite 184
104% 145 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 108%
Great: 113%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 123GB
110GB free, PID null
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 62 65 49 51 50 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
33.8% Below average
Read 147
Write 55.3
Mixed 35.5
SusWrite 50.7
81% 72.1 MB/s
4K Read 5.1
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0
22% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 33.8%
Great: 44%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4000 C18 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
63.9% Good
MC Read 25.9
MC Write 23.4
MC Mixed 19.8
66% 23 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 20.6
SC Mixed 14.5
47% 16.3 GB/s
Latency 70.9
56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 63.9%
Great: 130%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C79) Builds (Compare 16,482 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI - $271

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $1,058
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