MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	84% 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	222% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200722
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 17:10
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400F-$161 20,844 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Memory 77.1 1-Core 70.3 2-Core 77.6 51% 75 Pts	4-Core 104 8-Core 109 14% 107 Pts	64-Core 110 7% 110 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$338 352,805 User benchmarks, average bench 89% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 116 Parallax 102 87% 109 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 95 Splatting 89.1 80% 103 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 96%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$85 232,414 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 1092 1077 783 796 793 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,852 Write 1,783 Mixed 1,462 SusWrite 828 332% 1,481 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 56.7 193% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 974 DQ Write 728 DQ Mixed 868 644% 857 MB/s
Poor: 191% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 333%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$57 478,856 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 258GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 328 370 405 399 405 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 419 Mixed 387 SusWrite 342 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 43.6 141% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 355 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 131%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$95 170,578 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 24 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 10.5 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 86.1 46% 86.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 118%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 120%

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Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $160

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $360Bench 98%, 65,104 samples	1,565x
Core i5-10600KIntel $257Bench 96%, 20,644 samples	928x
Core i9-10900KIntel $515Bench 102%, 30,196 samples	600x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 403,865 samples	832x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 153%, 76,650 samples	527x
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 204%, 77,422 samples	394x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $85Bench 287%, 232,414 samples	275x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $140Bench 306%, 195,610 samples	237x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 326%, 176,501 samples	237x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 377,979 samples	303x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 87%, 124,723 samples	258x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 11,485 samples	239x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $1,194

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16