MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	76.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '19 at 17:36
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 236 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 924 83% 698 Pts	64-Core 922 57% 922 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 145 Parallax 124 108% 134 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 131 Splatting 107 95% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 123 113 121 119 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 319 Write 154 Mixed 248 SusWrite 117 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 37.1 150% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 199 159% 226 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 93%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 148GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 482 485 486 488 488 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 488 Mixed 398 SusWrite 486 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 58 194% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 355 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 508GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 93 92 94 95 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 110 Write 115 Mixed 94.7 SusWrite 95 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 23.1 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 24.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 113%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 104%

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

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,117x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,846x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,804x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,418x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,330x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,139x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,219x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,046x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	998x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,981x
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	960x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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