MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	128% 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.

Run History

10 days ago, 9 days ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '23 at 00:58
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11400F-$130 38,461 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 79.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 288 86% 161 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 726 80% 630 Pts	64-Core 862 53% 862 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$280 381,434 User benchmarks, average bench 101% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 532.03 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 121 Parallax 125 111% 128 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 106 Splatting 90.4 90% 113 fps
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$60 65,806 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 887GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 480 480 479 462 470 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 473 Mixed 456 SusWrite 475 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 60.7 204% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 341 255% 339 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 137%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$153 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 191GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 280 279 280 279 279 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 475 Mixed 398 SusWrite 295 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 51.8 189% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 227 201% 303 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GB 54,117 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 35.1 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 28.1 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

SkillBench Score 6: 0P 1R 0G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
6%	3%	61	217	60	120	27"	1920 1080	MSI3CB5 MSI G271

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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 - $246

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $270Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,700x
Core i5-10600KIntel $178Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	1,833x
Core i9-10850KIntel $299Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,183x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $450Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,030x
RTX 3060Nvidia $280Bench 101%, 381,434 samples	1,289x
RTX 3080Nvidia $804Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,279x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $55Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	695x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $59Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	606x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $39Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	469x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	786x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	478x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	464x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,066

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $300	Nvidia RTX 3060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $225	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $780	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $51

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16