MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 90.4%, 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	103% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180822
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 17:27
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 135 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 832 79% 652 Pts	64-Core 1,046 65% 1,046 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 110 Parallax 92.7 81% 101 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 98.3 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN256HAJQ-000H1 256GB 1,495 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: MVT03H3Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 262 258 264 255 261 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 455 Mixed 398 SusWrite 278 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 48.6 164% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 346 260% 348 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 119%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 110GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 71 81 74 80 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 86 Write 89.2 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 74.3 58% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 69%
Hitachi HUS726040ALA614 4TB 361 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 840GB free Firmware: A5DEKN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 161 164 167 160 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 180 Mixed 85 SusWrite 163 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.7 186% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 110%
Hitachi HUS726040ALA614 4TB 361 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 440GB free Firmware: A5DEKN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 156 157 160 159 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 132 Write 190 Mixed 76 SusWrite 158 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 176% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4B8G1J2400A16K2-O 2x8GB 239 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 21.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 24.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 81%

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Gaming 113%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $241

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,117x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,847x
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	2,332x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,139x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,219x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,046x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	998x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,981x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,456x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	960x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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