MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95% 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	127% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

26 days ago, 24 days ago, 21 days ago, 20 days ago, 19 days ago, 14 days ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190813
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '21 at 10:39
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$217 244,222 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 93% 162 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 716 79% 611 Pts	64-Core 693 46% 693 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$450 345,122 User benchmarks, average bench 106% MSI(1462 3731) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95% Outstanding	Lighting 105 Reflection 142 Parallax 97.4 85% 115 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 124 Splatting 105 107% 137 fps
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 118%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$62 21,583 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.R Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 225 222 221 228 225 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 669 Write 774 Mixed 677 SusWrite 257 134% 594 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 49 177% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 707 DQ Write 659 DQ Mixed 482 417% 616 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 138%
Kingston SKC600512G 512GB 2,676 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 347GB free Firmware: S4200102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 461 463 459 396 392 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 457 Mixed 398 SusWrite 433 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 57.5 189% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 270 225% 323 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 131%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$30 823,428 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 695GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 186 187 183 186 186 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 138 Write 176 Mixed 82.9 SusWrite 185 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 4,080 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 30.7 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 42.2 SC Mixed 27.9 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 104%

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Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 95%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $127

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel $217Bench 94%, 244,222 samples	10,156x
Core i7-9700KIntel $282Bench 97%, 395,338 samples	8,498x
Core i9-9900KIntel $379Bench 97%, 360,190 samples	3,413x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 432,191 samples	3,729x
RTX 2060Nvidia $338Bench 89%, 366,438 samples	2,999x
RTX 2070Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 345,122 samples	2,748x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $66Bench 107%, 556,834 samples	1,778x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $80Bench 284%, 282,296 samples	1,322x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $110Bench 114%, 389,170 samples	1,247x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 86%, 449,592 samples	3,132x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 82%, 440,698 samples	2,287x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $120Bench 83%, 239,246 samples	1,257x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $999

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $180	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $48
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10600K $215	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16