MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.6% 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	248% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190321
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 15:34
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$137 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 248 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 708 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 834 52% 834 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2060) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 104 Parallax 99.1 87% 103 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 88.4 Splatting 76.5 77% 97.3 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 256GB 12,312 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42B2S7JA SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 242 239 244 244 237 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,603 Write 1,189 Mixed 1,283 SusWrite 269 294% 1,336 MB/s	4K Read 62.7 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 84.9 292% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 787 DQ Write 845 DQ Mixed 269 353% 633 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 277%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 129GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 96 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 93 Write 99.3 Mixed 61.4 SusWrite 96.5 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3466 C16 2x8GB 3,125 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 28 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 23.5 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 118%

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Gaming 113%

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Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 104%

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

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $260Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,171x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,901x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,831x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,433x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,351x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,163x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,227x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,055x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,007x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,992x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,462x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	972x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $832

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16