MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.3% 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	177% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '21 at 14:49
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 238 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 803 82% 665 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2077 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 122 Parallax 109 88% 113 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 107 Splatting 108 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 646 188 185 182 321 154 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1,116 Write 1051 Mixed 984 SusWrite 279 192% 858 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 73.7 266% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 1,089 DQ Mixed 510 456% 664 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 253%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 119GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 322 323 322 320 323 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 327 Mixed 307 SusWrite 321 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 41.9 151% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 148 139% 211 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 501GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 155 153 156 156 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 184 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 155 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G36C16U4B.M8FE1 2x8GB 12,218 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 45.4 MC Write 49.6 MC Mixed 34 123% 43 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 28.6 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 118%

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

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Gaming 113%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $246

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,116x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,845x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,804x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,418x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,330x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,138x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,219x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,046x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	998x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,981x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,456x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	960x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $833

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