MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	123% 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	203% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '19 at 22:10
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$200 248,401 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 259 92% 161 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 659 75% 572 Pts	64-Core 708 48% 708 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$808 639,553 User benchmarks, average bench 137% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 171 Parallax 171 126% 166 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 154 Splatting 108 119% 124 fps
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 150%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 204,473 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 633 329 322 329 329 329 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,665 Write 1,464 Mixed 504 SusWrite 378 222% 1,003 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 52.6 202% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,080 DQ Write 1,270 DQ Mixed 759 687% 1,036 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 236%
Seagate ST3160318AS 160GB-$27 10,870 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 148GB free Firmware: HP11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 103 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 105 Write 27.5 Mixed 59 SusWrite 105 55% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 26,985 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 31 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 25.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 113%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 96%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel $200Bench 94%, 248,401 samples	8,760x
Core i7-9700KIntel $295Bench 98%, 322,370 samples	7,142x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 292,441 samples	2,750x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 387,435 samples	3,312x
RTX 2060Nvidia $338Bench 89%, 351,317 samples	2,556x
RTX 2070Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 347,927 samples	2,400x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 106%, 531,607 samples	1,572x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $85Bench 286%, 234,923 samples	1,091x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $103Bench 114%, 362,789 samples	1,053x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 86%, 396,183 samples	2,704x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples	2,032x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 85%, 182,067 samples	1,078x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $976

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	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