MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	18.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190321
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 15:03
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$145 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 244 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 625 67% 535 Pts	64-Core 751 46% 751 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 112 Parallax 130 100% 121 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 125 Splatting 106 107% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0328D Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2462 Write 729 Mixed 140 237% 1,110 MB/s	4K Read 60 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 82.5 279% 99.3 MB/s	DQ Read 826 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 136 219% 435 MB/s
Poor: 139% Great: 271%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 136GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 459 465 467 464 470 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 475 Mixed 400 SusWrite 457 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 56.7 189% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 353 266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
Crucial BX500 960GB-$54 11,103 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 187GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 267 268 39 4.7 4.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 501 Write 258 Mixed 337 SusWrite 139 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 30.1 139% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 45.9 81% 158 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSB.8FARG 029E CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FARG 029E CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 26.9 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 22.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

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Gaming 113%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $241

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,136x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,872x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,819x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,424x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,342x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,148x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,221x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,047x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,001x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,985x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,459x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	966x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $831

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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16