MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics84.1% 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 Drive127% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B98
MotherboardMSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)  (all builds)
Memory10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190222
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateDec 12 '19 at 02:53
Run Duration171 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-9900K-$409
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
94.4% Outstanding
Memory 86.3
1-Core 148
2-Core 289
95% 174 Pts
4-Core 549
8-Core 1,087
97% 818 Pts
64-Core 1,594
99% 1,594 Pts
Poor: 89%
This bench: 94.4%
Great: 104%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
MSI(1462 7B98) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6345
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
6.79% Terrible
Lighting 6.5
Reflection 11.2
Parallax 7.94
5% 8.53 fps
MRender 11
Gravity 7.13
Splatting 15.8
10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.79%
Great: 7%
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294
Asus(1043 8690) ≥ 4GB; ROG Strix GeForce RTX™ 2060 6GB GDDR6
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
84.1% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 103
Parallax 100
87% 103 fps
MRender 128
Gravity 92.8
Splatting 76
78% 99 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139
320GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 486 485 486 487 486 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
127% Outstanding
Read 509
Write 484
Mixed 437
SusWrite 486
108% 479 MB/s
4K Read 45.2
4K Write 97.2
4K Mixed 59.5
196% 67.3 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 352
264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 127%
Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
29GB free
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 260 250 247 234 229 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Read 501
Write 486
Mixed 408
SusWrite 268
93% 416 MB/s
4K Read 44.4
4K Write 97.2
4K Mixed 57.4
192% 66.3 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 351
265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 112%
Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 207 202 198 206 205 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 195
Write 122
Mixed 37
SusWrite 202
100% 139 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.4
85% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 114%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
50.8% Above average
MC Read 19.5
MC Write 17.4
MC Mixed 15
49% 17.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.5
SC Write 17.1
SC Mixed 17.3
46% 16 GB/s
Latency 71
56% 71 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 50.8%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) Builds (Compare 32,261 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 113%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 104%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $237

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $831
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HDDRAMUSB
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