MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	116% 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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '20 at 05:13
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$144 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 147 2-Core 296 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 490 64% 480 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3062) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3552 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 120 Parallax 137 110% 131 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 124 Splatting 113 112% 140 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 858GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 456 458 484 484 483 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 479 Mixed 465 SusWrite 470 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 53.6 178% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 263 197% 262 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 457 459 485 484 484 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 487 Mixed 462 SusWrite 471 109% 482 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 54.8 182% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 231 171% 222 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 725GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 457 458 485 484 484 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 484 Mixed 455 SusWrite 471 108% 479 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 54.7 182% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 266 192% 247 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 227GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 458 432 82 82 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 463 Mixed 413 SusWrite 265 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 46.6 162% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 172 144% 211 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 30.8 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 45.2 SC Mixed 31.6 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $159

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,718x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,288x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,468x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,568x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,705x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,630x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	869x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	764x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	554x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	951x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	583x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	566x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,015

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