MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.4% 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	116% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '21 at 10:02
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400F-$98 153,026 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 264 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 822 80% 658 Pts	64-Core 993 61% 993 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 109 Parallax 101 82% 104 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 97.1 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 318 319 319 311 306 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 482 Mixed 465 SusWrite 323 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 57.8 191% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 356 266% 354 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 128%
Sandisk SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GB 2,836 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 0GB free Firmware: Z2311006 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 472 Write 319 Mixed 233 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 15.7 110% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 86.1 111% 196 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 185GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 124 124 124 124 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 88.9 Write 120 Mixed 66.4 SusWrite 121 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 98% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3294 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 27.7 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 30.9 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% 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 - $195

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,705x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,283x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,463x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,558x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,701x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,628x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	869x
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 $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