MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.5% 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	337% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190813
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '20 at 05:55
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-9350KF-$180 1,442 User benchmarks, average bench 89% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 158 2-Core 303 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 539 76% 563 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 109 90% 111 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 101 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 801 1766 1908 1080 1072 1063 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	337% Outstanding	Read 2,418 Write 2,196 Mixed 1,512 SusWrite 1,282 415% 1,852 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 83.3 278% 98.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,849 DQ Write 1,552 DQ Mixed 1,549 1,202% 1,650 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 337% Great: 372%
Sandisk SD8SB8U512G1002 512GB 2,367 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 388GB free Firmware: X4131002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 227 241 240 244 239 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 404 Mixed 257 SusWrite 248 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 51.1 164% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 232 195% 284 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 103%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 188GB free Firmware: MS2OA7L0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 184 164 190 189 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 140 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 183 97% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 22,760 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 25.1 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 24.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 81%

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

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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	8,116x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,842x
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	2,329x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,137x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,217x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,046x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	998x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,981x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,455x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	959x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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