MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 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 85.9%, 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.

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Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	17.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190321
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '21 at 17:44
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^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 (12^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 135 2-Core 261 87% 159 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 641 72% 567 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 85.9% 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: 461.09 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 110 Parallax 138 101% 124 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 122 Splatting 102 105% 132 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% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0328D Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,690 Write 842 Mixed 82.3 188% 871 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 23.6 102% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 38.1 DQ Mixed 96.1 90% 147 MB/s
Poor: 139% Great: 271%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 135GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 420 439 440 447 447 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 436 Mixed 384 SusWrite 432 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 44.8 152% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 346 262% 352 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
Crucial BX500 960GB-$54 11,103 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 169GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 214 242 39 2.9 3.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 451 Write 248 Mixed 308 SusWrite 122 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 22.8 105% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 37.9 71% 140 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.4% 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	79.4% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 26.1 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 22.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

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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%

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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	8,137x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,873x
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	2,149x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $74Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,221x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,047x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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: $830

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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16