MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 117% UFO


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	194% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '21 at 18:53
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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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 i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 151 2-Core 270 97% 172 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 877 80% 672 Pts	64-Core 1,506 93% 1,506 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 163 Parallax 137 145% 160 fps	MRender 162 Gravity 124 Splatting 108 105% 131 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 863GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 822 814 795 751 793 827 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 998 Write 818 Mixed 794 SusWrite 800 192% 853 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 55.9 204% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,165 DQ Write 772 DQ Mixed 945 712% 961 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 276%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 47,517 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 237GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 175 174 148 150 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 173 Write 159 Mixed 97.1 SusWrite 166 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 9.2 4K Mixed 0.7 11% 4.5 MB/s	DQ Read 0.8 DQ Write 10.1 DQ Mixed 1.2 2% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G30C15U4R.M8FE 2x8GB 4,507 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 24.1 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 99%

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

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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 - $195

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,703x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,282x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,463x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,558x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,700x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,628x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	868x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	762x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	553x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	946x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	580x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	564x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16