MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.5% 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	100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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

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	14.1 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 10:11
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$99 153,026 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)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 268 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 831 80% 661 Pts	64-Core 958 59% 958 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.3% 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: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 121 Parallax 110 90% 114 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 107 Splatting 108 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% 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: 320 316 305 307 307 307 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 427 Mixed 314 SusWrite 310 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 39.6 150% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 244 211% 313 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 100% 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 490 Write 306 Mixed 224 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 15.7 119% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 85.4 110% 195 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: 112 114 119 124 124 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 97.9 Write 92.7 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 120 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.5% 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 (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 27.7 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 29.8 92% 32 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% 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	4,696x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,278x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,458x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,551x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,696x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,625x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	867x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	760x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	553x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	945x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	580x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	563x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $947

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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