MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	212% 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	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.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '23 at 21:02
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 661 71% 565 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% PNY(196E 1347) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.2% Very good	Lighting 89.8 Reflection 91.7 Parallax 83.1 73% 88.2 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 80.5 Splatting 73.4 70% 88.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 76%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 512GB 29,096 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 436GB free (System drive) Firmware: H220902a Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1777 1814 1024 651 638 657 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,250 Write 1,556 Mixed 1,292 SusWrite 1,093 293% 1,298 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 55.1 187% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 921 DQ Write 747 DQ Mixed 650 537% 773 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 291%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF1X08RHJJ40-135-K 2x8GB 1,927 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 43.5 MC Write 47.4 MC Mixed 32.3 117% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 41.8 SC Mixed 30.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%

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Gaming 113%

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Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $241

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,118x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,847x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,804x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,418x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,332x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,139x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,219x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,047x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	998x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,981x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,456x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	960x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16