MSI MEG Z490 UNIFY

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	309% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C71
Motherboard	MSI MEG Z490 UNIFY (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200520
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '20 at 14:52
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$279 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 162 2-Core 317 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 628 8-Core 1,237 110% 932 Pts	64-Core 2,112 131% 2,112 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$295 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 8D95) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 75.4 64% 77.1 fps	MRender 63.6 Gravity 74.5 Splatting 60.1 54% 66.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%

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% 362GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2118 806 808 809 803 810 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	309% Outstanding	Read 2,574 Write 2,413 Mixed 1,744 SusWrite 1,025 434% 1,939 MB/s	4K Read 64.6 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 90.3 299% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,268 DQ Write 988 DQ Mixed 1,144 852% 1,133 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 309% Great: 355%
Adata SX8200PNP 2TB 22,361 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 1.5TB free Firmware: 42B4S9NA SusWrite @10s intervals: 1618 943 944 945 945 946 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2,692 Write 1,853 Mixed 1,532 SusWrite 1,057 397% 1,784 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 75.2 254% 91.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,380 DQ Write 1,034 DQ Mixed 525 578% 980 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 370%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 189 190 192 193 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 117 Write 166 Mixed 72.1 SusWrite 186 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 90%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID a100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 109 109 109 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 108 115% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 25.7 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 44.5 SC Mixed 29.8 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 111%

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Typical MEG Z490 UNIFY (MS-7C71) Builds (Compare 2,158 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 179%

UFO

Desktop 102%

UFO

Workstation 178%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI MEG Z490 UNIFY - $290

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	595x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	524x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	456x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	360x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	213x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	202x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	219x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	140x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $149Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	120x

RAM
4400 C19 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 102%, 6,100 samples	50x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair $82Bench 95%, 56,114 samples	47x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	45x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,517

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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16