MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	75.4% 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	121% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210130
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '21 at 23:17
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700KF-$200 37,394 User benchmarks, average bench 96% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 151 2-Core 301 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 1,052 100% 828 Pts	64-Core 1547 96% 1547 Pts
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.4% Very good	Lighting 91.6 Reflection 107 Parallax 97.4 75% 98.5 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 92 Splatting 95.4 77% 93.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 140 54 60 61 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 1,199 Write 752 Mixed 294 SusWrite 113 129% 590 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 43.9 164% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 393 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 86.3 140% 270 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 159%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 140GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,091 Write 9,047 Mixed 8,772 2,006% 8,970 MB/s	4K Read 711 4K Write 375 4K Mixed 392 1,779% 493 MB/s	DQ Read 1,617 DQ Write 1,169 DQ Mixed 1,277 985% 1,354 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$63 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 167 181 179 175 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 108 Write 140 Mixed 70.1 SusWrite 173 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 90%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$72 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 25GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 105 115 112 114 109 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 107 Write 102 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 112 72% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3600 2x8GB 18,355 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 26.6 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 30.4 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 112%

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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 - $150

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,764x
Core i5-10600KIntel $125Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,311x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,485x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,590x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,724x
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,647x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	875x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $149Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	768x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	556x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	957x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	588x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	567x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,004

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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