MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results

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PC Details

Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)	$125
CPU	Intel Core i5-9400F	$150
GPU	Nvidia RTX 2080	$695
SSD	Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB	$106
RAM	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB	$74
Power Supply	Corsair CX650M	$80
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox Q500L	$45
Total Price		$1,275

EFps Results (Compare)

Average
EFps: 165

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Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 128% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	341% 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 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '19 at 21:55
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-9400F-$150 58,614 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	82% Excellent	1-Core 110 2-Core 242 82% 176 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 725 78% 604 Pts	64-Core 722 48% 722 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$695 123,450 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Gigabyte(1458 37C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 536 Reflection 472 Parallax 554 141% 521 fps	MRender 401 Gravity 471 Splatting 267 134% 380 fps
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$106 86,348 User benchmarks, average bench 288% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2038 883 885 888 889 886 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	341% Outstanding	Read 2,631 Write 2,444 Mixed 1,503 SusWrite 1,078 428% 1,914 MB/s	4K Read 65.9 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 90.4 299% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1819 DQ Write 1,652 DQ Mixed 1,700 1,285% 1,724 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 341% Great: 334%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$74 184,830 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 29.3 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 31 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 104% 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 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 67%

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $125

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel $210Bench 94%, 80,017 samples	4,783x
Core i7-9700KIntel $356Bench 99%, 135,075 samples	3,310x
Core i9-9900KIntel $520Bench 100%, 140,693 samples	1,631x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 187,703 samples	1,818x
RTX 2060Nvidia $338Bench 85%, 137,978 samples	1,515x
GTX 1070Nvidia $346Bench 79%, 737,242 samples	1,150x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 107%, 258,063 samples	1,115x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $88Bench 271%, 157,814 samples	718x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $106Bench 288%, 86,348 samples	676x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $74Bench 85%, 301,786 samples	2,010x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $74Bench 86%, 184,830 samples	1,088x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 84%, 28,619 samples	522x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $934

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-9600K $210	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $356	Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti $155	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $249

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $683	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24