MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	251% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '21 at 09:11
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600KF-$124 24,257 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 832 77% 644 Pts	64-Core 1,112 69% 1,112 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$274 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 87F6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3983 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 127 Parallax 133 115% 134 fps	MRender 152 Gravity 112 Splatting 95.5 95% 120 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Seagate BarraCud 1TB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 220% 871GB free (System drive) Firmware: SU5SH017 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1557 1556 1563 1562 1556 1561 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 1044 Write 1,590 Mixed 1,214 SusWrite 1,559 307% 1,352 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 71.5 254% 95.7 MB/s	DQ Read 702 DQ Write 889 DQ Mixed 845 624% 812 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 287%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$107 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 873GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 413 413 414 417 415 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 84.8 Mixed 392 SusWrite 414 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 51.5 172% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 128%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 447GB free Firmware: M6CR041 SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 383 382 383 382 381 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 507 Write 442 Mixed 404 SusWrite 384 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 20.6 85% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 32.7 84% 171 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C18 4x8GB 3,694 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 31.7 110% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 43.8 SC Mixed 28.4 88% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 122%

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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	4,704x
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 $910Bench 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