MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 143% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 149% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	146% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200820
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '21 at 14:21
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 87.4 1-Core 158 2-Core 315 101% 187 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 1,156 105% 884 Pts	64-Core 1,701 105% 1,701 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3909) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	146% Outstanding	Lighting 214 Reflection 266 Parallax 191 174% 223 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 150 Splatting 132 126% 158 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,526 Write 2386 Mixed 1,675 488% 2,196 MB/s	4K Read 63.9 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 86.2 288% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,156 DQ Write 936 DQ Mixed 1,046 783% 1,046 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
WD WD2002FFSX-68PF8N0 2TB 932 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 342GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 197 196 197 198 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 206 Mixed 104 SusWrite 197 128% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
Seagate ST8000VX004-2M11 8TB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 196GB free Firmware: AV01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 144 147 145 146 146 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 26% Great: 100%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 1,865 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 21GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 5.7 5.2 4.5 4.8 5.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	9.11% Terrible	Read 40.2 Write 3 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 5.2 14% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.4 46% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.11% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 31,785 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.8% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24.1 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 24.6 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 119%

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

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $159

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,706x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,284x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,465x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,560x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,701x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,629x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	869x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	763x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	554x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	946x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	581x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	564x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $930

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 $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