MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	93.5% 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	62.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	20.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '20 at 07:53
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i5-9600KF-$180 65,122 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 852 91% 725 Pts	64-Core 884 55% 884 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3900 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 118 Parallax 120 97% 119 fps	MRender 147 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 85 87% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 42GB free Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,224 Write 1,922 Mixed 1,289 333% 1,478 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 58.9 218% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,376 DQ Write 1,567 DQ Mixed 1,294 1,024% 1,413 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 277%
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 127 110 116 114 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 449 Write 148 Mixed 215 SusWrite 117 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 20.1 114% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 75 DQ Mixed 10.1 30% 64.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 83%
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 48GB free Firmware: O0803B5a SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 66 66 66 66 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 409 Mixed 388 SusWrite 105 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 59.2 201% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 260 209% 293 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 91%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 440GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 86 88 88 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 108 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 87.3 69% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FARG 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FARG 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2600, 2600, 2600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 25.3 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 25.2 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 85%

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

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Gaming 113%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 104%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $246

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,108x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,835x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,797x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,416x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,318x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,135x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,215x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,046x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	996x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,977x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,452x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	959x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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