MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.3% 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 Drive	175% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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 (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	38.4 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190813
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '21 at 23:36
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	74%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 60.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 210 72% 132 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 678 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 124 Parallax 108 91% 114 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 93.1 77% 94.2 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$40 10,318 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 890 735 346 298 435 843 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,447 Write 1,416 Mixed 918 SusWrite 591 245% 1,093 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 43.4 180% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 890 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 492 392% 564 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 248%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 457 Write 122 Mixed 155 53% 245 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 19.1 106% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 53.8 96% 195 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 85%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 303GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 447 452 454 461 290 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 448 Mixed 437 SusWrite 424 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 53.4 180% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 350 263% 352 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 129%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 492GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 152 154 155 153 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 145 Mixed 96.5 SusWrite 153 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.6 177% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 208GB free Firmware: 0711 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 34.3 Write 37.2 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 40.4 27% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.6 186% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 48GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	66.5% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 8.5 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 103%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,125x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,858x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,807x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,418x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,338x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,142x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,220x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,047x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	999x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,983x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,456x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	962x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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