MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190813
Uptime	27.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '22 at 17:44
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600KF-$170 65,122 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 691 77% 605 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Gigabyte(1458 3FE9) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3975 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.47 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	130% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 179 Parallax 196 143% 183 fps	MRender 195 Gravity 157 Splatting 131 128% 161 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$100 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 71 68 69 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 343 Write 69.8 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 68.2 27% 126 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 18.5 91% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 87.9 DQ Mixed 112 89% 127 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$32 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 185 181 182 184 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 146 Mixed 77.4 SusWrite 182 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 870GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 193 190 191 186 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 153 Write 139 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 189 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22.1 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.5% 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 113%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $246

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $230Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,374x
Core i5-9600KIntel $135Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	8,094x
Core i9-9900KIntel $387Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,922x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,507x
RTX 2060Nvidia $234Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,405x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,219x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,250x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,074x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,031x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	2,037x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,491x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	992x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $870

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $85
Intel Core i5-13600K $235	Nvidia RTX 4070 $499	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $342