MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.8% 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	132% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190813
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '21 at 09:13
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 762 82% 653 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3731) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.8% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 156 Parallax 103 91% 123 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 118 Splatting 98.9 102% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.R Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 541 264 265 265 262 264 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 664 Write 745 Mixed 705 SusWrite 310 136% 606 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 49.7 180% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 705 DQ Write 701 DQ Mixed 583 471% 663 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 141%
Kingston SKC600512G 512GB 5,390 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 348GB free Firmware: S4200102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 454 461 466 437 399 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 464 Mixed 426 SusWrite 443 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 59.4 197% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 271 225% 324 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 130%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 702GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 186 186 186 186 181 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 80.5 Mixed 78 SusWrite 184 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 5,028 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 31 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 42.7 SC Mixed 28.5 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 109%

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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) - $246

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,116x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,842x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,804x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,418x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,328x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,137x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,217x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,046x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	998x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,981x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,455x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	959x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $828

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