MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics94.3% 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 Drive219% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B98
MotherboardMSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191225
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateMay 16 '20 at 00:06
Run Duration204 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-9400F-$95
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
92.5% Outstanding
Memory 96
1-Core 130
2-Core 257
90% 161 Pts
4-Core 480
8-Core 744
76% 612 Pts
64-Core 757
47% 757 Pts
Poor: 72%
This bench: 92.5%
Great: 91%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
94.3% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 134
Parallax 125
98% 127 fps
MRender 94.1
Gravity 121
Splatting 104
87% 106 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 94.3%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
426GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 982 1313 596 602 605 603 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
219% Outstanding
Read 1,397
Write 1,459
Mixed 582
SusWrite 784
236% 1,055 MB/s
4K Read 40.8
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 60
213% 80.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,057
DQ Write 1,177
DQ Mixed 868
723% 1,034 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 219%
Great: 254%
Intel SSDPEDME012T4K 1TB
1TB free
Firmware: 8DV1CP02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1151 1201 1211 1210 1213 1210 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
232% Outstanding
Read 685
Write 1,203
Mixed 652
SusWrite 1,199
213% 935 MB/s
4K Read 37.9
4K Write 179
4K Mixed 50.8
217% 89.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,810
DQ Write 1,151
DQ Mixed 1041
894% 1,334 MB/s
Poor: 201%
This bench: 232%
Great: 232%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95
465GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 47 48 48 47 48 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
41% Average
Read 94.8
Write 87.3
Mixed 62.3
SusWrite 47.7
54% 73 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
171% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 41%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
101% Outstanding
MC Read 40.2
MC Write 39.3
MC Mixed 29.1
103% 36.2 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 38.3
SC Mixed 30.5
84% 29.6 GB/s
Latency 53.9
74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) Builds (Compare 32,304 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 113%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 104%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $227

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 106% - Outstanding Total price: $811
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Intel Core i5-12600K $139Nvidia RTX 4070 $515Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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