MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	5.13% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	260% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '21 at 15:34
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-10700-$233 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 152 2-Core 301 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 1,006 98% 802 Pts	64-Core 1,600 99% 1,600 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7C75) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	5.13% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 9.2 5% 8.6 fps	MRender 14.6 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 0 5% 7.47 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.13% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 892GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1479 1476 1483 1497 1488 1293 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 1436 Write 1,176 Mixed 1,108 SusWrite 1,452 291% 1,293 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 73.5 252% 88.8 MB/s	DQ Read 669 DQ Write 952 DQ Mixed 270 355% 630 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 295%
Toshiba HDWD240 4TB 4,401 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 3.5TB free Firmware: KQ000A SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 172 173 175 176 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 187 Write 169 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 174 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 9 4K Mixed 0.6 8% 3.67 MB/s	DQ Read 1.5 DQ Write 7.7 DQ Mixed 2 2% 3.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 20%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 420GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 117 118 117 117 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 96.8 Write 98.4 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 117 70% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 13,446 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 30.3 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 45.6 SC Mixed 31.8 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 111%

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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 - $159

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,714x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,286x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,468x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,565x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,704x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,630x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	869x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	764x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	554x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	951x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	582x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	565x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $916

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16