MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	21.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '20 at 12:39
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-9100F-$135 34,310 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 518 69% 517 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 147 Parallax 128 111% 137 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 108 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 392 476 486 486 484 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 485 Mixed 378 SusWrite 431 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 57.9 192% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 355 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 27GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 71 69 71 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 63.4 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 70 44% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 43%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 863GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 124 123 123 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 120 Write 121 Mixed 107 SusWrite 123 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK Kingston ACR26D4U9S8MH-8 HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 3333, 3333, 3333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 29.1 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 45 SC Mixed 29.5 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%

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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 $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,137x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,873x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,820x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,424x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,343x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,149x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,221x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,047x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,002x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,985x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,459x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	966x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $836

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16