MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% 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.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B17
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) (all builds)
Memory	14.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211115
Uptime	8.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '23 at 18:30
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$137 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 79 1-Core 118 2-Core 222 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 532 58% 462 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% EVGA(3842 3667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	130% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 209 Parallax 159 150% 184 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 136 Splatting 118 114% 143 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2031 Write 1,923 Mixed 1,340 392% 1,765 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 51.4 169% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 842 DQ Write 585 DQ Mixed 684 519% 704 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 303GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1429 1133 1080 1056 1048 1026 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1957 Write 1,792 Mixed 1,509 SusWrite 1,129 358% 1,597 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 54.3 178% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 853 DQ Write 584 DQ Mixed 701 528% 713 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 372%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 222GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 133 131 132 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 136 Write 132 Mixed 90.2 SusWrite 132 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 24GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	65.3% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 23.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 13 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 82.5 48% 82.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 107%

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) - $190

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $263Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	4,438x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,357x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,453x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,422x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,034x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	857x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	856x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	651x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	556x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	621x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	447x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	418x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $813

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16