MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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	119% 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.
Boot Drive	293% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211020
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '21 at 20:59
Run Duration	483 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900F-$244 8,499 User benchmarks, average bench 95% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 88.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 297 97% 179 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 1176 105% 890 Pts	64-Core 1,356 84% 1,356 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3173) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 156 Parallax 157 129% 157 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 132 Splatting 118 114% 144 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$93 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 499GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1581 1290 1306 1282 1383 1458 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,443 Write 2,250 Mixed 1,772 SusWrite 1,383 440% 1,962 MB/s	4K Read 56.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 73.5 242% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,106 DQ Write 470 DQ Mixed 710 547% 762 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 410%
WDS100T3XHC-00SJG0 1TB 15,624 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 170GB free Firmware: 102000WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,969 Write 11,674 Mixed 9,377 2,178% 9,673 MB/s	4K Read 662 4K Write 527 4K Mixed 558 1,997% 582 MB/s	DQ Read 1,984 DQ Write 463 DQ Mixed 1,118 849% 1,188 MB/s
Poor: 194% Great: 334%
ST14000NM001G-2KJ103 14TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2.5TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2976 143 135 134 142 139 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 608GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 476 476 477 476 475 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 475 Mixed 456 SusWrite 475 107% 477 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 49.5 161% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 353 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
WD My Book 25EE 14TB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 123 128 132 125 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 167 Write 132 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 116 165% 127 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.7 242% 4.63 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 103%
ST8000DM 004-2CX188 8TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 7.5TB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 114 115 114 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 182 Write 164 Mixed 110 SusWrite 114 186% 143 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 111% 4.3 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 73%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.8 5.2 5.5 6.4 5.3 6.4 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 24 Write 5.8 Mixed 12.2 SusWrite 4.9 13% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 2.8 195% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 13%
WDC WD10 0EZAZ-11TDBA0 10TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2.5TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 113 112 112 112 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.2% Good	Read 190 Write 200 Mixed 114 SusWrite 112 203% 154 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 87%
WDC WD10 0EMAZ-00WJTA0 10TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2.5TB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 18 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 60 SusWrite 17.3 88% 70 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 118% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 94%
WDC WD40 EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 2TB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 110 111 110 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 97.5 Write 98.5 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 110 131% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 105% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 47%
WDC WD40 EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 2TB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 110 109 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 139 Write 142 Mixed 101 SusWrite 110 165% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 123% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 47%
QNAP TR-004 DISK00 24TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 11TB free, PID 0013 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1117 147 149 154 148 143 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 91%
QNAP TR-004 DISK00 24TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 11TB free, PID 0013 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 137 139 148 142 142 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 213 Write 111 Mixed 98 SusWrite 139 175% 140 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 98% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK64GX4M2E3200C16 2x31.5GB 10,968 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.1% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 21.7 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 113%

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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 - $190

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,756x
Core i5-10600KIntel $129Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,307x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,482x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,584x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,722x
RTX 3080Nvidia $435Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,645x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	873x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	767x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	556x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	956x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	588x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	567x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,047

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16