MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	117% 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	28.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 days ago, 13 days ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180822
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 00:30
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$200 240,851 User benchmarks, average bench 95% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 511 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 513 34% 513 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$698 230,278 User benchmarks, average bench 129% Gigabyte(1458 379F) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 146 Parallax 148 122% 149 fps	MRender 162 Gravity 134 Splatting 112 111% 136 fps
Poor: 111% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 141%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$32 275,230 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 150 21 33 14 17 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.7% Poor	Read 116 Write 146 Mixed 158 SusWrite 69.8 28% 123 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 30.4 4K Mixed 15 58% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 46.7 DQ Write 47.3 DQ Mixed 113 67% 69.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$80 411,331 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 605GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 152 152 146 151 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 163 Write 135 Mixed 81 SusWrite 150 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$73 483,535 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	40.4% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 13.5 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 12.9 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 113%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 96%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $127

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel $200Bench 95%, 240,851 samples	9,501x
Core i7-9700KIntel $287Bench 98%, 362,452 samples	7,857x
Core i9-9900KIntel $370Bench 98%, 345,381 samples	3,106x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 119%, 422,698 samples	3,538x
RTX 2060Nvidia $338Bench 89%, 375,444 samples	2,775x
RTX 2070Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 343,626 samples	2,589x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $64Bench 106%, 530,736 samples	1,689x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $80Bench 284%, 248,098 samples	1,212x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $110Bench 114%, 363,952 samples	1,174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 424,286 samples	2,926x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 82%, 483,535 samples	2,170x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $105Bench 85%, 200,856 samples	1,170x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $980

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-10400F $148	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $285	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16