MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.4% 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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C79
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200521
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '22 at 09:45
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$139 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 266 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 835 79% 653 Pts	64-Core 1,120 69% 1,120 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	71.8% Very good	Lighting 95.5 Reflection 91.5 Parallax 87.5 78% 91.5 fps	MRender 65.5 Gravity 79.1 Splatting 74.5 60% 73 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$45 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 137 129 125 123 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 498 Write 140 Mixed 205 SusWrite 130 53% 243 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 34.9 146% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 193 160% 236 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 128%
iCatchte iCatchtek SPCA63 32GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 24GB free, PID 6331 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.7 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.3 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 12.7 Write 8.5 Mixed 10 SusWrite 9.2 13% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 2.7 181% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$33 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 24.2 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 35.8 SC Mixed 28.1 80% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI - $271

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,982x
Core i9-10850KIntel $249Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,113x
Core i5-10600KIntel $139Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,742x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,065x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,802x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,264x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,420x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	633x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	576x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	781x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	527x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $111Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	497x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,143

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $383