MSI MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.6% 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	281% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C73
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200521
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '20 at 21:29
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-10100-$94 24,563 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 248 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 657 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 98.2 92% 109 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1306 1291 822 828 817 821 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,510 Write 2,233 Mixed 1,780 SusWrite 981 420% 1,876 MB/s	4K Read 60.6 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 79.7 262% 89.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1066 DQ Write 700 DQ Mixed 892 663% 886 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 355%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 466GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2283 813 811 811 811 812 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	296% Outstanding	Read 2,541 Write 2,318 Mixed 1877 SusWrite 1,057 436% 1948 MB/s	4K Read 62.9 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 83.2 278% 96.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1176 DQ Write 791 DQ Mixed 991 738% 986 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 296% Great: 355%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 56GB free Firmware: UG4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 78 155 118 205 221 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 440 Write 369 Mixed 259 SusWrite 158 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 14.3 70% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 86.1 DQ Mixed 41 47% 81.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 161GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 155 156 156 154 155 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 129 Write 126 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 154 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 109%
Intenso Alu Line 16GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 10GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 5 5.2 5 4.4 4.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Read 11.5 Write 2.5 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 4.7 7% 5.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 20.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 22.5 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 110%

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI - $349

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,434x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	767x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	720x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	666x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	523x
RTX 3090Nvidia $835Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	295x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	383x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	250x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	215x

RAM
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	157x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	151x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	109x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,575

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16