MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.8% 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	24.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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

23 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '22 at 03:21
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400F-$99 153,026 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 241 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 722 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 973 60% 973 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$464 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% XFX(1EAE 6505) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.1 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 87.7 Reflection 134 Parallax 169 72% 130 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 92 Splatting 131 111% 137 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 2.5 1000GB 1,512 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 769GB free (System drive) Firmware: UW210400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 36 39 39 29 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 321 Write 179 Mixed 16.2 SusWrite 40.9 30% 139 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 5.6 30% 8.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 85%
WD Elements 25A3 6TB 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 176 177 177 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 169 Mixed 105 SusWrite 177 214% 162 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 1.1 486% 6.87 MB/s	DQ Read 0.6 DQ Write 10.1 DQ Mixed 1.2 387% 3.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.2% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 12.2 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.1 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z490-A PRO (MS-7C75) Builds (Compare 20,136 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $195

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,698x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,279x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,459x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,552x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,698x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,626x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	867x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	760x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	553x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	945x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	580x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	564x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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