MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	192% 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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191225
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	May 27 '23 at 05:19
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$230 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 234 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 410 50% 381 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$510 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Zotac(19DA 4509) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 129 Parallax 127 107% 129 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 99.2 92% 114 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 123%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$59 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 494GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR020 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 543 191 828 1367 1015 1258 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1262 Write 1,274 Mixed 916 SusWrite 867 243% 1,080 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 58.3 177% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 817 DQ Write 658 DQ Mixed 312 349% 596 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 295%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 37,374 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 18 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 16.5 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 38: 0P 4R 3G 9B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
38%	26%	62	202	33	144	27"	1920 1017	MSI3CB5 MSI G271

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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) - $100

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $425Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	6,202x
Core i5-9600KIntel $230Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	6,046x
Core i9-9900KIntel $638Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	2,968x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,859x
RTX 2060Nvidia $225Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	1,782x
RTX 2070Nvidia $450Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	1,638x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	977x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $118Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	833x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $55Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	760x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,574x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,154x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $53Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	758x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,155

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 $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	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