MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics85.5% 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 Drive244% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B98
MotherboardMSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190321
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateOct 01 '22 at 01:58
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-9600K-$137
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
96.7% Outstanding
Memory 93.7
1-Core 137
2-Core 274
93% 168 Pts
4-Core 540
8-Core 754
81% 647 Pts
64-Core 764
47% 764 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 96.7%
Great: 103%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$330
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.8.2
Performing below potential (63rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
85.5% Excellent
Lighting 85.7
Reflection 132
Parallax 172
70% 130 fps
MRender 184
Gravity 87.6
Splatting 152
116% 141 fps
Poor: 83%
This bench: 85.5%
Great: 91%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
181GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 642 329 332 331 330 330 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
244% Outstanding
Read 2,400
Write 1,471
Mixed 1,186
SusWrite 382
301% 1,360 MB/s
4K Read 55.8
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 74.5
256% 91.6 MB/s
DQ Read 968
DQ Write 1,087
DQ Mixed 989
755% 1,014 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 244%
Great: 280%
Hitachi HCS5C1032CLA380 320GB
88GB free
Firmware: JCFOA50F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 42 40 42 42 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
26.4% Poor
Read 50.4
Write 55.5
Mixed 33.9
SusWrite 41.3
33% 45.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 26.4%
Great: 40%
Seagate ST3120026AS 120GB-$24
112GB free
Firmware: 3.42
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 56 56 56 56 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
62.6% Good
Read 162
Write 13.6
Mixed 45.4
SusWrite 56
51% 69.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.6
111% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 62.6%
Great: 31%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
55.5% Above average
MC Read 19.3
MC Write 19.8
MC Mixed 16.2
53% 18.4 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 21.2
SC Mixed 18.6
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 60.5
66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 55.5%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) Builds (Compare 32,302 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 113%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 104%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $237

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 106% - Outstanding Total price: $821
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HDDRAMUSB
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