MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	146% 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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190813
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '19 at 13:55
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	62%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^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-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 151 2-Core 289 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 1051 93% 786 Pts	64-Core 1,073 66% 1,073 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.4% Very good	Lighting 95.6 Reflection 95.7 Parallax 88.5 78% 93.3 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 84.3 Splatting 76.1 73% 92 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 287GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 593 715 709 581 571 578 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 829 Write 582 Mixed 548 SusWrite 624 145% 646 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 44.5 153% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 874 DQ Mixed 222 280% 480 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 242%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 319GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 358 360 285 280 286 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 320 Write 296 Mixed 254 SusWrite 310 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 29.5 106% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 263 223% 326 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 121%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$48 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 249GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 353 352 283 278 284 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 315 Write 289 Mixed 275 SusWrite 306 67% 296 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 30.8 107% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 219 190% 284 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 125%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 344GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 330 185 269 265 267 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 303 Write 280 Mixed 240 SusWrite 270 62% 273 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 22.9 87% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 193 173% 263 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 29.3 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 119%

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Gaming 113%

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Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $239

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,104x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,833x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,797x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,415x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,317x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,135x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,215x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,045x
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	1,452x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	959x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $821

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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