MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.3% 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	333% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '19 at 21:27
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$101 299,482 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)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 734 77% 620 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 100 91% 110 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$116 16,263 User benchmarks, average bench 267% 427GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1475 1504 1526 1613 1645 1276 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	333% Outstanding	Read 2,494 Write 1,592 Mixed 1,270 SusWrite 1,506 382% 1,716 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 88 289% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,214 DQ Write 1,093 DQ Mixed 1,216 895% 1,174 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 333% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 177 187 185 182 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 98 Write 121 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 182 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.8 238% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 522GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 96 98 98 96 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 100 Write 91 Mixed 62 SusWrite 96 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 147% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 68%
WD Elements 25A1 4TB 8,402 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 95 95 95 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 118 Write 106 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 94.1 129% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 8.5 4K Mixed 0.6 313% 3.33 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 10.7 DQ Mixed 0.5 382% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D30BET4K.C8FD 2x8GB 2,605 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 23.3 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 25.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 106%

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Gaming 113%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 104%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $246

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,115x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,840x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,803x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,418x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,324x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,136x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,217x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,046x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	998x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,980x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,455x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	959x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $833

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $15	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