MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	26.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190117
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '19 at 22:38
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$96 299,482 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)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 719 77% 611 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	71.9% Very good	Lighting 95.7 Reflection 82.3 Parallax 79.3 78% 85.8 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 74.4 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 37 75 75 34 76 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.9% Poor	Read 225 Write 86.2 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 72.6 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 19 4K Mixed 9.6 42% 14 MB/s	DQ Read 14.2 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 14.5 11% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 100%
SSD 120GB 120GB 4,995 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 112GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 230 75 74 75 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 500 Write 381 Mixed 347 SusWrite 154 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 35 149% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 190 169% 251 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 591GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 168 171 171 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 137 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 169 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 196 192 194 194 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 95.3 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 193 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2933 C15 2x8GB 6,535 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.7% Very good	MC Read 31 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 23 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 25.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 103%

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

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Typical Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) Builds (Compare 32,132 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 113%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 104%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,135x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,868x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,816x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,424x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,342x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,146x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,221x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,047x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,001x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,985x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,459x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	966x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $841

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16