MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.3% 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	126% 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.

High background CPU (22%). 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	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210629
Uptime	8.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '22 at 22:32
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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 below expectations (27^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 85.2 1-Core 149 2-Core 296 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 1,045 98% 813 Pts	64-Core 1,878 116% 1,878 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$288 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 1527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 522.25 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 106 Parallax 107 89% 107 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 89.4 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.3% 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: 718 614 610 573 412 328 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 1,320 Mixed 413 SusWrite 542 154% 676 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 35.4 123% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 953 DQ Write 728 DQ Mixed 858 637% 846 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 240%
Toshiba HDWD220 2TB 3,711 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1TB free Firmware: KP000A SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 152 154 151 150 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 184 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 152 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.6 264% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 93.6% 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 (2^nd percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 23.7 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 77.3% 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 - $190

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,756x
Core i5-10600KIntel $129Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,308x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,482x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,584x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,722x
RTX 3080Nvidia $435Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,646x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	873x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $149Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	767x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	556x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	956x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	588x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $59Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	567x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,047

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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