MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76% 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	233% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '22 at 11:32
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$129 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 251 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 832 78% 650 Pts	64-Core 1010 62% 1010 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 3976) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 522.25 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76% Very good	Lighting 82.8 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 72.6 68% 75.4 fps	MRender 145 Gravity 103 Splatting 98.5 92% 116 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 815 784 759 767 762 759 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2,426 Write 2,133 Mixed 692 SusWrite 774 334% 1,506 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 51 180% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,060 DQ Write 447 DQ Mixed 150 271% 552 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 355%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 614GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 148 149 150 148 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 155 Mixed 96.3 SusWrite 149 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 95%

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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 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $159

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,746x
Core i5-10600KIntel $129Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,300x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,477x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,577x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,716x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,640x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	871x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	766x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	556x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	953x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	587x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	567x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,016

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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