MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	362% 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '21 at 20:10
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 283 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 830 86% 692 Pts	64-Core 823 51% 823 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC7) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 93.5 Parallax 80.9 80% 90.8 fps	MRender 66.4 Gravity 83.7 Splatting 75.6 62% 75.2 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 980 1TB 5,348 User benchmarks, average bench 265% 587GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2022 2047 2039 2071 2076 2063 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	362% Outstanding	Read 2621 Write 2,373 Mixed 1,819 SusWrite 2,053 498% 2,217 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 65.2 226% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,559 DQ Write 1,228 DQ Mixed 1,379 1,036% 1,389 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 362% Great: 421%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 233GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 371 371 367 369 371 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 370 Mixed 326 SusWrite 370 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 41.3 145% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 198 175% 261 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 174 Write 53.8 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 13.8 50% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 4x8GB 20,502 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 43.4 MC Write 46.7 MC Mixed 35.5 120% 41.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 50.5 SC Mixed 31.7 98% 34.4 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 126%

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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) - $237

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $263Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,163x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,893x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,828x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,430x
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,349x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,160x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,226x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,051x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,004x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,990x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,462x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	969x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $835

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16