MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	81% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 3 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190321
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '19 at 01:16
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-9600K-$200 71,337 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	1-Core 153 2-Core 295 106% 224 Pts	4-Core 603 8-Core 870 95% 737 Pts	64-Core 871 58% 871 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$415 743,673 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Lighting 308 Reflection 290 Parallax 318 81% 305 fps	MRender 212 Gravity 297 Splatting 233 82% 247 fps
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$50 100,973 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 51GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 314 313 312 313 314 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 457 Mixed 438 SusWrite 330 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 68.2 234% 83.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 352 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 734,317 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 647GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 144 151 147 158 161 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 132 Mixed 84 SusWrite 150 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 147% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$89 4,034 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 27.9 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 27.5 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 108%

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

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Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 67%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $130

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel $200Bench 94%, 71,337 samples	4,178x
Core i7-9700KIntel $369Bench 99%, 114,038 samples	2,376x
Core i9-9900KIntel $475Bench 99%, 119,406 samples	1,304x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $450Bench 108%, 152,729 samples	1,466x
RTX 2060Nvidia $325Bench 85%, 104,940 samples	1,227x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 79%, 743,673 samples	903x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $60Bench 108%, 234,510 samples	851x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $75Bench 274%, 146,800 samples	593x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $110Bench 296%, 64,964 samples	513x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 84%, 283,947 samples	1,602x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 87%, 148,947 samples	786x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 83%, 25,629 samples	400x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $903

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $260	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $369	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24