MSI MEG Z390 ACE (MS-7B12)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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 Drive	231% 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B12
Motherboard	MSI MEG Z390 ACE (MS-7B12) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180907
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 17:58
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	58%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 239 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 806 74% 618 Pts	64-Core 1,125 70% 1,125 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 114 Parallax 135 109% 128 fps	MRender 167 Gravity 126 Splatting 100 104% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1176 305 303 308 305 307 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,128 Write 1,415 Mixed 1,172 SusWrite 451 286% 1,291 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 67.5 226% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 975 DQ Write 1,179 DQ Mixed 1,004 777% 1,053 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 280%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 669GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 386 413 431 449 449 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 441 Mixed 407 SusWrite 409 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 38.7 133% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 291 231% 324 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 125%
Hitachi HDS721032CLA362 320GB-$150 10,092 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 298GB free Firmware: JPFOA3GH SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 86 88 84 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 80.8 Mixed 55 SusWrite 86 58% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 21.1 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 101%

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

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Gaming 152%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 151%

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Motherboard: MSI MEG Z390 ACE (MS-7B12) - $400

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,672x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	639x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	246x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	460x
RTX 2080Nvidia $396Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	278x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	230x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	235x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	192x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	172x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	127x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	103x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	89x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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