MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.3% 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	37.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200324
Uptime	10.4 Days
Run Date	May 04 '21 at 17:34
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400-$130 71,804 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 814 81% 661 Pts	64-Core 1,043 65% 1,043 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 99.2 Parallax 92.7 86% 99.3 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 87.2 Splatting 78.9 78% 97.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 4.9 165 260 157 7.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 510 Write 440 Mixed 12 SusWrite 99.7 58% 265 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.4 42% 10.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 587GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 70 68 70 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 167 Write 67.3 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 69.9 71% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 23.8 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 26 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 90%

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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 - $195

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,706x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,284x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,463x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,560x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,701x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,628x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	869x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	763x
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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $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