MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	73.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	128% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211020
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 11 '22 at 17:52
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-11700KF-$288 15,314 User benchmarks, average bench 100% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Memory 59.6 1-Core 26.7 2-Core 54.6 33% 47 Pts	4-Core 115 8-Core 246 22% 181 Pts	64-Core 763 51% 763 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$230 209,665 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3790) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 93.5 Parallax 82.1 80% 91.7 fps	MRender 66.9 Gravity 84.4 Splatting 75.7 66% 75.7 fps
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$63 80,486 User benchmarks, average bench 247% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 404 343 337 330 327 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 1,586 Write 930 Mixed 1,007 SusWrite 372 216% 974 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 27.7 4K Mixed 25.6 97% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 324 225% 288 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 297%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,803 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 142GB free Firmware: 6L6QCXA7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 589 771 638 664 725 768 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 1,302 Write 776 Mixed 497 SusWrite 692 181% 817 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 22.4 4K Mixed 24.1 82% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 509 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 388 272% 352 MB/s
Poor: 146% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 315%
Plextor M5S 128GB-$75 5,744 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 119GB free Firmware: 1.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 184 176 184 184 189 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 385 Write 190 Mixed 177 SusWrite 181 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 13.3 4K Mixed 11.6 48% 14 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 57.3 DQ Mixed 69 62% 95.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 84%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$43 34,371 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 237GB free Firmware: 32B3T8EA Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 237 224 236 241 220 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 1,441 Write 811 Mixed 837 SusWrite 259 185% 837 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 23.5 4K Mixed 25.5 90% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 457 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 406 277% 346 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 273%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$99 74,790 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 641GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 76 59 48 46 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	29% Poor	Read 42.7 Write 76 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 57.9 42% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 68%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$46 305,177 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 214GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 84 87 79 81 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 105 Write 76.7 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 79.9 53% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 87% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 233,920 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	50% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 6.6 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 129 31% 129 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	120	34"	1280 720	AOC3402 U34G2G4R3

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Gaming 147%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 147%

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Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $109

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $295Bench 96%, 174,505 samples	5,934x
Core i5-10600KIntel $202Bench 93%, 62,383 samples	3,214x
Core i9-10900KIntel $390Bench 100%, 91,199 samples	1,942x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 153%, 412,430 samples	2,757x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $500Bench 118%, 601,881 samples	1,840x
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 207%, 317,293 samples	1,665x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 326%, 395,312 samples	1,069x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $98Bench 230%, 167,183 samples	1,047x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $64Bench 287%, 403,755 samples	984x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 606,492 samples	1,309x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 87%, 233,920 samples	913x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 22,643 samples	825x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,064

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $260	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $155	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $118
Intel Core i7-12700K $350	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $67	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16