MSI MEG Z490I UNIFY (MS-7C77)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	258% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C77
Motherboard	MSI MEG Z490I UNIFY (MS-7C77) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200415
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '21 at 23:41
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600KF-$124 24,257 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 79.8 1-Core 156 2-Core 290 95% 175 Pts	4-Core 613 8-Core 997 99% 805 Pts	64-Core 1,283 79% 1,283 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.6% Very good	Lighting 99.3 Reflection 95.9 Parallax 101 81% 98.9 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 89.8 Splatting 76.5 71% 88.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 319GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1938 1990 1109 180 206 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 1,679 Write 2,056 Mixed 1,725 SusWrite 935 360% 1,599 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 84.1 282% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,184 DQ Write 898 DQ Mixed 1,039 777% 1,040 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 295%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 370GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 242 215 387 387 372 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 474 Mixed 423 SusWrite 346 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 51 170% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 281 232% 333 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 125%
WD Re 1TB (2013)-$65 3,754 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 883GB free Firmware: 01.01V03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 128 128 127 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 139 Write 123 Mixed 112 SusWrite 128 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.2% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 14.4 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 80.9 50% 80.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 103%

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

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Typical MEG Z490I UNIFY (MS-7C77) Builds (Compare 1,832 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 144%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 143%

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Motherboard: MSI MEG Z490I UNIFY (MS-7C77)

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	829x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	265x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	131x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	311x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	211x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	161x

SSD
PC SN730 SDBPNTY-1T00-1032 1TBWDCBench 252%, 11,331 samples	227x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	153x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	128x

RAM
M378A2K43DB1-CVF 2x16GBSamsungBench 91%, 1,003 samples	245x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x16GBUnknownBench 86%, 21,064 samples	120x
M378A2K43DB1-CVF 1x16GBSamsungBench 49%, 771 samples	108x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $636

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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