MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	110% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '21 at 23:26
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	62%

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PC Performing way below expectations (13^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 69.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 245 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 701 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 140 Parallax 141 115% 141 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 126 Splatting 111 109% 137 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS3030 500GB SSD 12,500 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS303225 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 972 Write 1,973 Mixed 1,242 316% 1,396 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 65.7 216% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,227 DQ Write 858 DQ Mixed 1,093 802% 1,059 MB/s
Poor: 119% Great: 266%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 46GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 347 182 166 162 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 219 Mixed 427 SusWrite 223 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 51.6 170% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 350 263% 352 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$83 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 789GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 122 129 123 126 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 13.9 Write 31.3 Mixed 28.6 SusWrite 120 35% 48.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.3 94% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 19.6 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 18.1 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 104%

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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	8,115x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,842x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,803x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,418x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,326x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,136x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,217x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,046x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	998x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,980x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,455x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	959x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16