MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 175% UFO	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 183% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 111%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	162% 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	287% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '21 at 14:01
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-11700K-$221 65,651 User benchmarks, average bench 101% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Memory 83.2 1-Core 187 2-Core 374 113% 215 Pts	4-Core 742 8-Core 1,392 127% 1,067 Pts	64-Core 1,752 108% 1,752 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$499 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% EVGA(3842 3797) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	162% Outstanding	Lighting 239 Reflection 214 Parallax 224 195% 226 fps	MRender 249 Gravity 161 Splatting 131 142% 180 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$75 52,084 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 687GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1691 1711 1722 1731 1724 1719 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 1,127 Write 1,680 Mixed 1,254 SusWrite 1,716 328% 1,445 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 220 4K Mixed 84 311% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 714 DQ Write 1,148 DQ Mixed 874 678% 912 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 299%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 175GB free Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 52 73 53 52 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 359 Write 102 Mixed 322 SusWrite 82.2 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 30.7 131% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 170 156% 237 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 100%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 232GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 237 239 239 239 238 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 486 Mixed 355 SusWrite 264 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 59.5 202% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 326 251% 342 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 618GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 90 96 76 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 57.1 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 82.8 48% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 107%
WD My Passport 261B 500GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 235GB free Firmware: 3005 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 61 62 69 71 70 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 68%
Seagate Expansion+ 1TB 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 335GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 54 55 33 22 29 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 99.8 Write 131 Mixed 84.1 SusWrite 40.4 66% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 71%
Seagate Expansion+ 1TB 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 207GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 23 23 16 25 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	9.6% Terrible	Read 10 Write 35.7 Mixed 34.9 SusWrite 22.6 19% 25.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 9.6% Great: 71%
WD Elements 25A3 6TB 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 105 151 154 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 157 Write 170 Mixed 92.6 SusWrite 128 183% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 130% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FD BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FD 32GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.8 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 24.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 74.8 53% 74.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 60: 5R 7G 14B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
60%	27%	96	306	227	120	34.1"	3440 1440	ACR054F Acer X34 P

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Typical Z490-A PRO (MS-7C75) Builds (Compare 20,203 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 - $159

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,714x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,286x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,468x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,565x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,704x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,630x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	869x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	764x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	554x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	951x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	582x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	565x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $916

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16