MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	95.7% 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	214% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210420
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 18 '22 at 20:30
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$442 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 90 1-Core 157 2-Core 310 101% 186 Pts	4-Core 614 8-Core 1,165 106% 890 Pts	64-Core 2019 125% 2019 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.77 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 133 Parallax 121 97% 124 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 118 Splatting 113 94% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1850 538 261 255 179 248 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,510 Write 2,022 Mixed 1,563 SusWrite 555 318% 1,413 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 73.7 247% 87.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,125 DQ Write 817 DQ Mixed 956 718% 966 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 295%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 22GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 513 Write 485 Mixed 454 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 59 194% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 6GB free Firmware: MU02 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 439 Write 258 Mixed 297 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 34.6 133% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 178 162% 250 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 173 176 176 174 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 138 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 173 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 520GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 154 154 154 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 118 Write 98.4 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 153 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.2 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 118%

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Typical Z490-A PRO (MS-7C75) Builds (Compare 20,166 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 143%

UFO

Desktop 101%

UFO

Workstation 142%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $195

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,704x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,283x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,463x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,558x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,701x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,628x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	869x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	762x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	553x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	946x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	580x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	564x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $971

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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