MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	179% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181113
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '19 at 09:04
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$148 175,323 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 622 70% 537 Pts	64-Core 643 43% 643 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$230 137,334 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Zotac(19DA 3543) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2013 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.8% Good	Lighting 86.9 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 68 70% 77.1 fps	MRender 64.3 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 73.1 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 74%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 8,778 User benchmarks, average bench 167% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9001b31 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 919 946 341 139 104 107 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,830 Write 923 Mixed 804 SusWrite 426 220% 996 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 48.4 181% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 735 DQ Mixed 453 373% 521 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 214%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$33 714,000 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 847GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 191 195 191 194 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 127 Mixed 83 SusWrite 193 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$81 80,285 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 24.2 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 24.2 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 97%

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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 95%

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Workstation 96%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel $219Bench 95%, 233,603 samples	8,662x
Core i7-9700KIntel $295Bench 97%, 332,643 samples	7,047x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 318,672 samples	2,705x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 399,694 samples	3,286x
RTX 2060Nvidia $338Bench 89%, 352,805 samples	2,530x
RTX 2070Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 331,610 samples	2,379x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 108%, 504,559 samples	1,552x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $85Bench 290%, 259,680 samples	1,078x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $102Bench 113%, 381,099 samples	1,031x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 403,833 samples	2,661x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples	2,021x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 84%, 186,431 samples	1,063x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $995

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i3-10100F $120	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16