MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	110% 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	269% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190321
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '19 at 05:28
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$275 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 154 2-Core 305 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 610 8-Core 1,191 107% 900 Pts	64-Core 1,194 74% 1,194 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 112 Parallax 230 114% 161 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 132 Splatting 154 111% 132 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1297 1384 1331 1297 1216 1119 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,051 Write 1,418 Mixed 868 SusWrite 1,274 313% 1,403 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 63.7 232% 85.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,278 DQ Write 408 DQ Mixed 452 436% 713 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 283%
Samsung 860 EVO mSATA 1TB 791 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 846GB free Firmware: RVT42B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 394 398 398 398 397 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 374 Write 386 Mixed 363 SusWrite 389 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 57.5 197% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 246 184% 246 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 27.7 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 28.5 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 113%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $241

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,135x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,867x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,815x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,424x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,342x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,145x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,221x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,047x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,001x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,985x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,457x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	965x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $846

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16