MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	30.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190117
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '19 at 17:35
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$102 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 694 75% 597 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.3% Good	Lighting 87.5 Reflection 77.4 Parallax 67.4 71% 77.4 fps	MRender 62.9 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 70 56% 68.5 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 38 96 45 66 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 346 Write 232 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 71.6 39% 177 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 11.2 4K Mixed 8.6 38% 11.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 15.9 DQ Mixed 16.3 14% 20.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 100%
SSD 120GB 120GB 4,995 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 112GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 216 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 490 Write 379 Mixed 340 SusWrite 152 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 31.1 120% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 190 168% 248 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 591GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 167 168 170 170 171 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 132 Mixed 84 SusWrite 169 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 194 195 193 195 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 170 Mixed 87 SusWrite 194 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2933 C15 2x8GB 6,535 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.7% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 103%

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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) - $246

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,106x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,835x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,797x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,416x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,318x
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	1,046x
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	1,452x
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 $134	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