MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80% 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	50% 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

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 7 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 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 19:38
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th 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-$259 550,833 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)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 86.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 247 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 1045 97% 809 Pts	64-Core 1,097 68% 1,097 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 96.7% 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 below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 122 Parallax 111 91% 115 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 0.1 Splatting 109 60% 68.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$32 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 83 69 65 67 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	50% Above average	Read 335 Write 232 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 83.8 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 15.8 73% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 0.2 61% 144 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 37GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 304 264 304 303 275 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 446 Mixed 394 SusWrite 291 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 51.7 176% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
OCZ VERTEX 256GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 52GB free Firmware: 1.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 17 20 21 19 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 97.2 Write 126 Mixed 51 SusWrite 24.7 17% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 7.9 4K Mixed 3.2 46% 12 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18% 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)	40.9% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 42%

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

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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) - $246

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $259Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,269x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,989x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,879x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,470x
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,376x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,237x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,066x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,015x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	2,010x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,473x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	979x

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Total price: $834

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