MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics104% 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 Drive65.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B98
MotherboardMSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180822
Uptime1.3 Days
Run DateFeb 15 '19 at 23:23
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
93.7% Outstanding
Memory 91.9
1-Core 140
2-Core 273
93% 169 Pts
4-Core 541
8-Core 597
75% 569 Pts
64-Core 807
50% 807 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 93.7%
Great: 103%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91
Performing below potential (52nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 124
Parallax 138
104% 130 fps
MRender 175
Gravity 124
Splatting 98.7
104% 133 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193
113GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 119 130 137 137 121 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
65.1% Good
Read 293
Write 190
Mixed 226
SusWrite 131
47% 210 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 82.1
4K Mixed 34
123% 46.6 MB/s
DQ Read 168
DQ Write 165
DQ Mixed 177
130% 170 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 65.1%
Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32
308GB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 153 149 152 152 151 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
86% Excellent
Read 149
Write 117
Mixed 81.8
SusWrite 151
92% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 86%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.6% Good
MC Read 27.7
MC Write 25.4
MC Mixed 20.4
70% 24.5 GB/s
SC Read 11.3
SC Write 22.1
SC Mixed 21.9
53% 18.4 GB/s
Latency 64.2
62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 68.6%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) Builds (Compare 32,045 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 113%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 104%
UFO

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $833
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HDDRAMUSB
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