MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.11% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	266% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201123
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '21 at 19:25
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900F-$257 8,499 User benchmarks, average bench 95% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 156 2-Core 286 100% 180 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 1,049 85% 742 Pts	64-Core 1,989 123% 1,989 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 226B) 2GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.11% Terrible	Lighting 7.5 Reflection 9.7 Parallax 10.4 6% 9.2 fps	MRender 7.7 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 7 6% 7.5 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.11% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$75 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 436GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1818 1885 1934 1007 274 331 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 1,583 Write 2,062 Mixed 1,692 SusWrite 1208 370% 1,637 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 82.3 277% 99.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,064 DQ Write 848 DQ Mixed 967 721% 960 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 295%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 112GB free Firmware: UE450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 87 32 106 86 88 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 453 Write 190 Mixed 160 SusWrite 89.2 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 7.8 61% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 43 DQ Write 57.8 DQ Mixed 42.7 34% 47.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 53%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$60 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 201GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 73 73 72 69 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 28.3 Write 27.6 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 72.2 29% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.2 52% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 41%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 112GB free Firmware: AX001U SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 82 83 83 83 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 82.8 Write 84.8 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 82.5 51% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 62%
SAMSUNG HN-M500XBB 500GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 328GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 42.2 Write 39.7 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 43.1 54% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 43% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2x8GB 23,800 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 23 84% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 28.2 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 94%

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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 - $159

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,740x
Core i5-10600KIntel $141Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,300x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,476x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,575x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,716x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,640x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	871x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	766x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	556x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	953x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	585x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	567x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,008

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16