MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.9% 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	56.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 6 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '22 at 18:56
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$264 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 87.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 259 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 1,057 98% 815 Pts	64-Core 1,096 68% 1,096 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2023 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 121 Parallax 108 86% 112 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 105 Splatting 108 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 108 71 57 43 46 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 428 Write 362 Mixed 363 SusWrite 70.5 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 18.3 94% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 34.1 62% 123 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 37GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 301 300 300 300 249 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 461 Mixed 400 SusWrite 291 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 48.5 170% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 352 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
OCZ VERTEX 256GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 52GB free Firmware: 1.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 28 22 18 22 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	Read 208 Write 158 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 31.5 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 8.2 4K Mixed 4.8 51% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 59.2 DQ Write 8.6 DQ Mixed 6.3 12% 24.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2133 C15 1x16GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	41% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 13.3 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 42%

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Gaming 113%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $262

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $264Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,218x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,954x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,857x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,450x
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,367x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,175x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,232x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,062x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,010x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	2,003x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,465x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	976x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $852

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $29	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