MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B17)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.7% 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	221% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B17
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B17) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180928
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 03:33
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 232 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 487 64% 478 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 110 Parallax 99.5 83% 104 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 85 73% 90.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 20,095 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 259 260 262 260 261 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2224 Write 1,165 Mixed 1,119 SusWrite 299 265% 1,202 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 84.3 280% 98.3 MB/s	DQ Read 811 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 170 236% 448 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 244%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 199 197 215 213 214 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 184 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 207 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 168 169 171 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 172 Write 168 Mixed 124 SusWrite 170 214% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 136% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 21.8 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23.5 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 110%

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Typical MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B17) Builds (Compare 8,642 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 114%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B17) - $220

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,760x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	2,433x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,072x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	759x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	590x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	578x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	577x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	433x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	407x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	365x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	310x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	261x

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Value: 116% - Outstanding

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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