MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.2% 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	223% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211020
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '23 at 17:07
Run Duration	1003 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-10100F-$70 39,812 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 229 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 596 61% 491 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 86F2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 108 Parallax 112 93% 111 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 103 Splatting 93.4 89% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 752 653 639 639 630 612 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 2,302 Write 1,860 Mixed 1,649 SusWrite 654 361% 1,617 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 67.7 215% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 767 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 434 343% 491 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 355%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$74 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 367GB free Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1910 1836 554 196 231 241 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,511 Write 1,842 Mixed 1,514 SusWrite 828 321% 1,424 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 60.6 198% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 836 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 448 361% 524 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 295%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 233GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 436 411 291 291 291 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 441 Mixed 434 SusWrite 354 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 49.2 162% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 301 226% 306 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 128%
WD 5000AAK External 500GB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 431GB free, PID 1001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 15 14 15 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 50.5 Write 35.4 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 14.3 33% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 89% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 22%
ST350041 8AS 500GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 332GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 35.2 Write 35.5 Mixed 19.4 SusWrite 14.1 34% 26 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1 76% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 19%
WDC WD10 EADS-00M2B0 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 812GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.5% Very poor	Read 55.2 Write 33.7 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 14.4 34% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 59% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB 1,079 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 25.2 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 36.5 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 101%

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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	4,733x
Core i5-10600KIntel $141Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,299x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,473x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,574x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,716x
RTX 3080Nvidia $898Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,636x

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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