MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	80.3% 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	159% 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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '21 at 22:28
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 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 96.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 309 95% 176 Pts	4-Core 608 8-Core 1,186 106% 897 Pts	64-Core 1,653 102% 1,653 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: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 114 Parallax 101 80% 104 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 102 82% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% 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% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 758 764 765 674 743 746 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,163 Write 746 Mixed 514 SusWrite 742 176% 791 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 45.1 165% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 395 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 112 152% 278 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 159%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 164GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,493 Write 9,654 Mixed 9,392 2,128% 9,513 MB/s	4K Read 704 4K Write 342 4K Mixed 452 1,828% 500 MB/s	DQ Read 1,584 DQ Write 1,104 DQ Mixed 1,211 940% 1,300 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$63 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 147 151 149 148 150 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 87.1 Write 123 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 147 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 90%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$46 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 147 147 147 146 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 159 Write 130 Mixed 89.6 SusWrite 145 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.3% 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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 27.5 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 49.6 SC Mixed 31.4 98% 34.4 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% 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