MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.9% 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	194% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181113
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '20 at 23:42
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 88.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 274 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 857 86% 699 Pts	64-Core 1,092 68% 1,092 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 106 Parallax 91.7 84% 100 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 96.1 78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 297GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 844 496 491 452 490 495 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,409 Write 1392 Mixed 1,472 SusWrite 545 271% 1,204 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 55.6 174% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1220 DQ Write 1047 DQ Mixed 869 724% 1,045 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 262%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 118GB free Firmware: 5.0.2a SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 102 99 100 101 101 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.9% Above average	Read 150 Write 120 Mixed 144 SusWrite 102 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 33.5 126% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 120 93% 128 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 80%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 3TB 2,213 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 182 178 183 183 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 182 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 182 105% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 168% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 500GB 3,334 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 432GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 101 105 104 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 80 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 104 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.9% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 19.7 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 22.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 109%

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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) - $246

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,108x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,837x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,797x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,418x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,318x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,136x

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	1,453x
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 $261	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 $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