MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 136% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '21 at 20:53
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 88.5 1-Core 158 2-Core 316 101% 187 Pts	4-Core 628 8-Core 1,096 104% 862 Pts	64-Core 1,738 108% 1,738 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 195 Parallax 205 146% 193 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 189 Splatting 128 122% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 1TB-$102 9,497 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 828GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 474 485 486 487 490 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 491 Mixed 394 SusWrite 484 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 48.2 167% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 270 223% 321 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 120%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$55 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 156GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 469 471 473 433 393 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 476 Mixed 449 SusWrite 451 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 52.2 172% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 293 238% 337 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 125%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 211GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 272 271 272 271 271 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 304 Mixed 367 SusWrite 292 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 56.1 193% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 231 208% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 118%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 112 114 114 113 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 102 Write 100 Mixed 93.8 SusWrite 112 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.9% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 31.4 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z490-A PRO (MS-7C75) Builds (Compare 20,159 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 - $195

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,703x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,282x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,463x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,558x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,700x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,628x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	868x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	762x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	553x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	946x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	580x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	564x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $971

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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