MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	301% 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191225
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 26 '20 at 19:51
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 way above expectations (88^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 817 86% 686 Pts	64-Core 826 51% 826 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	71.8% Very good	Lighting 95.5 Reflection 84.2 Parallax 73.7 78% 84.5 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 74.3 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.8% 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% 258GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1013 875 873 872 846 854 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 2,574 Write 2,399 Mixed 1,807 SusWrite 889 429% 1,917 MB/s	4K Read 65.2 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 89.4 295% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,288 DQ Write 1,058 DQ Mixed 1,260 920% 1,202 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 355%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,997 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 167 172 171 166 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 102 Write 118 Mixed 73 SusWrite 167 26% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 8.5 4K Mixed 0.8 7% 3.47 MB/s	DQ Read 1.1 DQ Write 7.9 DQ Mixed 1.9 2% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 18%
Lacie Rugged USB-C 2TB 944 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 953GB free Firmware: 1153 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 113 113 113 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 102 Write 99.3 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 112 73% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.7 179% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 61.5% 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 (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 22.9 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 110%

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

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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) - $241

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,118x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,847x
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	2,332x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,139x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,219x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,047x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	998x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,981x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,456x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	960x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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