MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	83.8% 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	100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190321
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '19 at 08:35
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600KF-$180 65,122 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 163 2-Core 326 105% 194 Pts	4-Core 651 8-Core 924 99% 787 Pts	64-Core 948 59% 948 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC3) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 98.2 Parallax 89.3 89% 98.9 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 79.5 74% 91.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 51 36 36 36 35 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 482 Mixed 380 SusWrite 66.8 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 56.5 198% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 226 201% 304 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 118%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 217GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 68 69 68 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 65 Write 58.8 Mixed 52 SusWrite 68.4 45% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 21.4 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 23.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 113%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 104%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,116x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,842x
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	2,329x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,137x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,217x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,046x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	998x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,981x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,455x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	959x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $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