MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '21 at 17:11
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400F-$98 153,026 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 819 82% 669 Pts	64-Core 1,072 66% 1,072 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 109 Parallax 100 82% 104 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 97 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 293 300 295 295 294 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 490 Mixed 469 SusWrite 309 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 57.8 192% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 128%
Sandisk SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GB 2,836 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 0GB free Firmware: Z2311006 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 499 Write 319 Mixed 226 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 15.3 112% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 86.6 104% 180 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 564GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 172 186 186 188 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 150 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 183 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3293 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 27.6 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 28.7 90% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 111%

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Typical Z490-A PRO (MS-7C75) Builds (Compare 20,330 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $159

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,746x
Core i5-10600KIntel $129Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,300x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,477x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,577x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,716x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,640x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	871x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	766x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	556x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	953x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	587x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	567x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $998

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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