MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.1% 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	294% 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

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '21 at 13:53
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$137 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 849 86% 700 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Sapphire(1DA2 E426) ≥ 4GB Ram: 6GB, Driver: 21.11.3 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 127 Parallax 168 92% 136 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 117 Splatting 85.2 81% 101 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1460 1270 1234 1131 960 699 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	294% Outstanding	Read 2,499 Write 2,320 Mixed 1,628 SusWrite 1,126 424% 1,893 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 75.3 248% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,242 DQ Write 928 DQ Mixed 1,054 796% 1,074 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 372%
Adata SU630 480GB 31,107 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 390GB free Firmware: N181017a SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 458 463 460 462 250 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 445 Mixed 421 SusWrite 426 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 43.4 159% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 227 174% 231 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 99%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$45 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: AX003J SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 113 114 115 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 109 Write 105 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 110 65% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 29.9 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 44.1 SC Mixed 28.7 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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Gaming 113%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 104%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $262Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,246x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,972x
Core i9-9900KIntel $415Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,870x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,460x
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,371x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,183x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,235x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,064x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,013x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	2,009x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,471x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	977x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $834

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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