MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	418% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201010
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '21 at 19:22
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$114 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 210 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 642 71% 560 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Lighting 93.1 Reflection 88.7 Parallax 83.5 76% 88.4 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 78 Splatting 71.2 70% 87.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006 256GB 17,295 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20110006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 47 47 48 47 48 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	418% Outstanding	Read 5,128 Write 46.2 Mixed 88 SusWrite 46 276% 1,327 MB/s	4K Read 519 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 5.9 796% 176 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 418% Great: 197%
Samsung HM500LI 500GB 335 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 465GB free Firmware: 2TF00_00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 66 66 66 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 57.2 Write 57.2 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 65.2 38% 52.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$90 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 27.6 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 26 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 113%

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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) - $246

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $264Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,238x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,966x
Core i9-9900KIntel $429Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,864x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,458x
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,369x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,182x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,234x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,062x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,012x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	2,006x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,470x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	977x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $836

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16