MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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	233% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '20 at 09:54
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing as expected (40^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-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 80.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 259 87% 159 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 625 73% 569 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$394 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 158 Parallax 154 129% 157 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 129 Splatting 102 109% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1627 836 611 616 617 609 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2,301 Write 2,090 Mixed 1,533 SusWrite 819 377% 1,686 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 66.7 230% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 698 DQ Mixed 1,195 698% 695 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 340%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 706GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 429 429 433 431 432 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 433 Mixed 388 SusWrite 431 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 42.3 143% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 240 145% 150 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 125%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 466GB free Firmware: GG2OA6C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 108 108 109 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 110 Write 7.2 Mixed 39.9 SusWrite 108 48% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2A2666C16 2x16GB 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 27.7 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 35.1 SC Mixed 25.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 94%

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

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Gaming 113%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 104%

UFO

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	7,845x
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	2,330x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,138x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,218x
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	1,456x
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 $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