MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	72.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

21 months ago, 11 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181113
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	May 25 '23 at 10:31
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$412 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 145 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 1,120 101% 851 Pts	64-Core 1,469 91% 1,469 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.1% Very good	Lighting 92.2 Reflection 89.3 Parallax 81.2 75% 87.6 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 85 Splatting 71.6 66% 82.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X01c62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 364 366 260 140 154 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 386 Write 365 Mixed 329 SusWrite 274 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 32.3 113% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 176 138% 186 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$88 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 174 166 173 176 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 97.3 Write 110 Mixed 57.6 SusWrite 173 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 55% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GD3000C16K4 2x8GB 669 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 24.7 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 27.4 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 102%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,108x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,837x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,797x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,417x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,318x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,135x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,215x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,046x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	996x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,977x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,452x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	959x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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