MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180822
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '19 at 21:44
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 141 2-Core 272 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 769 82% 656 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 145 Parallax 125 107% 134 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 127GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 369 367 368 368 368 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 475 Mixed 432 SusWrite 376 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 59.5 203% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 348 262% 350 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 129%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 258GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 66 74 76 76 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 101 Write 96.5 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 71.6 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 574GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 90 92 92 92 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 35 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 91.9 54% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.2 202% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.9 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 26.5 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 104%

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

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Typical Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) Builds (Compare 32,006 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 113%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 104%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $246

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,108x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,837x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,797x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,418x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,318x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,136x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,215x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,046x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	996x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,977x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,453x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	959x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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