MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 73% 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.4% 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	221% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211117
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '23 at 07:40
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i5-9600KF-$180 65,122 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 656 77% 599 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-12GB 12,228 User benchmarks, average bench 96% Gigabyte(1458 4098) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 531.68 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 142 Parallax 95.6 82% 113 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 114 Splatting 97.5 92% 115 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 102%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$58 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42B2S7JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 831 452 473 468 466 465 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2,069 Write 1,669 Mixed 1,401 SusWrite 526 316% 1,416 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 57.8 188% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,227 DQ Write 906 DQ Mixed 575 563% 903 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 311%
Patriot Burst 2TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 155 157 155 156 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 155 Write 166 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 155 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 147% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GB 2,647 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 47.7 MC Mixed 38 121% 42.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 46.7 SC Mixed 30.9 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 129%

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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%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $264Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,234x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,961x
Core i9-9900KIntel $429Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,863x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,457x
RTX 2060Nvidia $287Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,368x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,180x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,234x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,062x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,011x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	2,006x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,469x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	977x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $852

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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