MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.5% 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 Drive	123% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210629
Uptime	8.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '22 at 22:23
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900KF-$255 21,040 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 83.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 291 94% 174 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 1,043 97% 806 Pts	64-Core 1,878 116% 1,878 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 1527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 522.25 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 104 Parallax 106 87% 106 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 86.5 82% 103 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kioxia-exceria SSD 500GB 10,941 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFA15.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 523 463 413 407 395 410 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 1121 Mixed 254 SusWrite 435 129% 566 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 36.4 137% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 947 DQ Write 692 DQ Mixed 862 633% 834 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 240%
Toshiba HDWD220 2TB 3,711 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1TB free Firmware: KP000A SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 159 152 168 139 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 182 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 157 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 0.6 266% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G32C16U4R.8FE 4x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 24.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 31.1 SC Mixed 23.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 119%

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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	4,736x
Core i5-10600KIntel $141Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,299x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,475x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,574x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,716x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,637x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	953x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	584x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	566x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,017

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16