MSI PRO Z690-A WIFI DDR4

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 115% UFO	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 113%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	77.8% 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	274% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

CPU throttled at 91% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7D25
Motherboard	MSI PRO Z690-A WIFI DDR4 (all builds)
Memory	59.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '22 at 01:58
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	3%
CPU Throttled	91%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-12900F-$495 1,540 User benchmarks, average bench 113% U3E1, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Memory 76.4 1-Core 215 2-Core 422 122% 238 Pts	4-Core 795 8-Core 1,594 141% 1,194 Pts	64-Core 2,867 178% 2,867 Pts
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 119%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% MSI(1462 C978) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.8% Very good	Lighting 106 Reflection 85.9 Parallax 93.2 86% 95.1 fps	MRender 86.3 Gravity 74.4 Splatting 67 61% 75.9 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$75 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2027 579 219 310 309 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 1,343 Write 1,749 Mixed 1,510 SusWrite 624 295% 1,306 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 241 4K Mixed 102 350% 135 MB/s	DQ Read 1,597 DQ Write 1,695 DQ Mixed 1,238 1,044% 1,510 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 295%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 4TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 227 224 230 228 224 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% Great: 138%
Amd-raid WDC WD60EDAZ-11B 6TB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 116 113 116 114 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 147 Mixed 81.6 SusWrite 114 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 0.8 333% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF3600C18D4/32GX 2x31.5GB 1,924 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 37.8 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 47.3 SC Mixed 35.1 102% 35.7 GB/s	Latency 87.5 46% 87.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 131%

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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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Gaming 208%

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Desktop 114%

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Workstation 229%

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Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A WIFI DDR4 - $117

CPU
Core i7-12700KIntel $237Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	2,981x
Core i5-12600KIntel $171Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	2,917x
Core i7-12700KFIntel $215Bench 114%, 70,812 samples	1,489x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,413x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,194x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $479Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	1,139x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	915x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	804x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	545x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $67Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	411x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	376x
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 45,582 samples	302x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,426

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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