MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.9% 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	46% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (27%). 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	19.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191225
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '20 at 20:59
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 89% 162 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 750 76% 616 Pts	64-Core 876 54% 876 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 109 Parallax 87.7 81% 98.9 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 112 Splatting 96.2 83% 102 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 15 64 63 112 78 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 418 Write 343 Mixed 308 SusWrite 82.6 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 16.9 67% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 68.7 DQ Mixed 41.9 44% 73.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 56%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 1TB-$102 9,497 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 405GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 410 422 419 429 434 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 451 Write 433 Mixed 339 SusWrite 422 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 29 90% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 270 223% 321 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 120%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 298GB free Firmware: UH4400RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 219 230 267 270 254 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 408 Write 321 Mixed 255 SusWrite 249 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 8.4 42% 16.1 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 45.1 DQ Mixed 1.5 22% 55.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.8 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 96%

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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%

Nuclear submarine

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