MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	79.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B51
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190808
Uptime	13 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '20 at 00:14
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700KF-$280 32,736 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 297 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 1,098 101% 845 Pts	64-Core 1,140 70% 1,140 Pts
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 105 Parallax 89.4 81% 98 fps	MRender 89.9 Gravity 93.5 Splatting 95 76% 92.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,396 Write 2,227 Mixed 1,536 456% 2,053 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 77.9 262% 92.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,580 DQ Write 1,390 DQ Mixed 1,344 1,046% 1,438 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 23GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 83 91 90 102 87 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 113 Write 108 Mixed 54.6 SusWrite 88.1 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 75%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 243GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 100 95 94 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 75.6 Write 67.5 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 95.2 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 798GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 103 102 102 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 111 Write 94.5 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 101 67% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 23 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 94%

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Gaming 91%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 101%

UFO

Workstation 84%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51) - $270

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,561x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	5,237x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	2,945x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	1,620x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,541x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,318x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	897x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	764x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	699x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,080x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	989x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	695x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $981

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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