MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results

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PC Details

Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)	$137
CPU	Intel Core i5-9400F	$143
GPU	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti	$280
SSD	Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB	$93
RAM	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB	$68
Power Supply	Corsair CX650M	$87
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox Q500L	$80
Total Price		$888

EFps Results (Compare)

WatchGameplay Avg: 120 EFps CSGO: 219 EFps


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.8% 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	346% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '19 at 19:34
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^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-$143 261,521 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 91% 157 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 727 78% 607 Pts	64-Core 715 48% 715 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$280 267,390 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 95.8 Parallax 86.9 85% 95.9 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 92.1 Splatting 79 76% 93 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 81%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$93 84,769 User benchmarks, average bench 282% 630GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0118C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1895 1291 993 919 1635 1914 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	346% Outstanding	Read 2,601 Write 1,942 Mixed 1,457 SusWrite 1,441 415% 1,860 MB/s	4K Read 63.2 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 88 298% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1429 DQ Write 1,347 DQ Mixed 492 615% 1,090 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 346% Great: 373%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$68 598,699 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 29.3 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 31.5 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

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

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Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 95%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $137

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel $210Bench 94%, 325,710 samples	14,507x
Core i7-9700KIntel $416Bench 97%, 515,820 samples	12,981x
Core i9-9900KIntel $615Bench 96%, 432,504 samples	5,590x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 578,095 samples	5,121x
RTX 2060Nvidia $390Bench 89%, 574,087 samples	4,330x
RTX 2070Nvidia $450Bench 105%, 416,684 samples	3,923x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 106%, 705,872 samples	2,478x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 594,660 samples	1,866x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $65Bench 293%, 385,141 samples	1,836x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 598,699 samples	4,355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $72Bench 83%, 540,354 samples	3,161x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $85Bench 86%, 343,296 samples	1,878x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,000

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200
Intel Core i7-12700K $334	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $72	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16