MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C79
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200521
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '21 at 11:09
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$137 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 150 2-Core 292 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 916 89% 732 Pts	64-Core 1,175 73% 1,175 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Lighting 94.5 Reflection 90.5 Parallax 78.3 77% 87.8 fps	MRender 65.7 Gravity 80.2 Splatting 72.5 60% 72.8 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 73%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 313 312 303 303 301 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 474 Mixed 447 SusWrite 307 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 55.7 184% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 331 256% 351 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$33 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 25 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 28.4 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 103%

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

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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 $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,986x
Core i9-10850KIntel $249Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,118x
Core i5-10600KIntel $137Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,749x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $497Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,070x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,805x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,267x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,422x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $80Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	634x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	578x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	782x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	527x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $107Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	497x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,145

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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353