MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.5% 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	76.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191225
Uptime	28.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '22 at 10:08
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 272 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 772 82% 656 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 108 Parallax 99.3 84% 104 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 100 Splatting 96.4 79% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 758GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 276 269 361 194 294 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 443 Write 347 Mixed 293 SusWrite 289 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 30.2 4K Mixed 30.6 103% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 22.1 DQ Mixed 102 98% 167 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 117%
Crucial P5 Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$160 14,975 User benchmarks, average bench 438% 677GB free Firmware: P7CR402 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1227 966 994 1294 1015 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 2,292 Write 1,568 Mixed 1,576 SusWrite 1,099 365% 1,634 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 18.6 4K Mixed 21.6 111% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 944 DQ Write 50.2 DQ Mixed 53.4 150% 349 MB/s
Poor: 261% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 564%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 365GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 83 81 104 79 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 135 Write 137 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 87.8 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 101%
Generic MassStorageClass 128GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 79GB free, PID 0745 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 20 18 24 18 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 23.8 Write 22.6 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 20.5 30% 22 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 2.7 136% 3 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D26BFSC.16FE 859B BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FE 859B BLS8G4D26BFSC.16FE 859B BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FE 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 28.9 92% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 28.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 91%

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Typical Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) Builds (Compare 32,081 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 113%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $241

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,124x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,857x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,806x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,418x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,336x
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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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