MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	280% 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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '20 at 16:47
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 738 82% 643 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Lighting 94.9 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 70.7 77% 81.5 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 71.3 58% 70.7 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 260GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 872 877 879 868 845 851 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2346 Write 2,259 Mixed 1,718 SusWrite 865 402% 1,797 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 82.4 271% 96.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,195 DQ Write 1,022 DQ Mixed 1131 841% 1,116 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 355%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,997 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 167 171 172 164 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 101 Write 125 Mixed 77 SusWrite 167 27% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 9.8 4K Mixed 0.8 7% 3.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1 DQ Write 6.7 DQ Mixed 0.4 1% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 18%
Lacie Rugged USB-C 2TB 944 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 953GB free Firmware: 1153 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 113 112 113 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 108 Mixed 85 SusWrite 112 74% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.6 184% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 21 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 21.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 110%

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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 32,234 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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) - $237

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,163x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,893x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,828x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,430x
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,349x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,160x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,226x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,051x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,004x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,990x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,462x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	969x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $837

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16