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

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.1% 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	138% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B17
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7B17) (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '20 at 13:05
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 234 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 469 59% 448 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 101%

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: 457.09 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 107 Parallax 97.6 80% 101 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 95.2 Splatting 95.3 78% 94.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 362 358 331 316 349 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 1,293 Write 601 Mixed 788 SusWrite 352 168% 758 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 41.2 144% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 694 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 457 340% 464 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 241%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 6TB 810 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 56 79 78 79 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 62.1 Write 71.5 Mixed 42.4 SusWrite 68.6 45% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 123% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 164%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 113GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 48 52 49 51 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 60.1 Write 51.7 Mixed 48.4 SusWrite 49.6 39% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 123%
WD WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 150GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 131GB free Firmware: 21.07QR5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 45 44 46 45 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	29% Poor	Read 55.3 Write 49.2 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 45.1 35% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 203% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.9 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 18.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 119%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	4,416x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,348x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,441x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,418x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,029x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	851x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	853x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	645x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	555x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	617x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	444x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	417x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $803

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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