MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.1% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210130
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '21 at 04:33
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 i5-10600K-$141 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 148 2-Core 261 95% 168 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 970 90% 753 Pts	64-Core 1211 75% 1211 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$235 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3775 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Lighting 95 Reflection 93.4 Parallax 86.7 77% 91.7 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 82.8 Splatting 74.8 74% 92.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 204 189 113 98 97 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 473 Mixed 404 SusWrite 180 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 53.1 178% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 243GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 143 151 150 150 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 117 Write 116 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 149 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 109%
Sony DSC 64GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 24GB free, PID 0c1a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	11% Very poor	Read 28.3 Write 11.2 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 11.9 20% 16.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.6 106% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 54,651 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 30.7 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 46 SC Mixed 30 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 118%

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

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS - $170

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,307x
Core i5-10600KIntel $141Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,203x
Core i9-10850KIntel $270Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,315x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,135x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,473x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,358x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	868x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	583x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	561x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	707x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	701x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	355x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,028

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16