MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.4% 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	117% 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 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210930
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 27 '23 at 18:55
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11400F-$116 46,609 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 75.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 218 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 524 55% 440 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 532.03 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.4% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 114 Parallax 119 105% 121 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 100 Splatting 85.9 85% 107 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$89 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 808GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 460 457 464 455 450 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 452 Mixed 443 SusWrite 453 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 52.9 176% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 345 259% 347 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 137%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 191GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 280 279 280 279 278 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 305 Mixed 372 SusWrite 292 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 43.8 162% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 224 201% 305 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% 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 above expectations (73^rd percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 34.7 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 25.2 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 88.7 45% 88.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 - $195

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,697x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,278x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,458x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,552x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,697x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,626x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	867x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	760x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	553x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	945x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	580x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	563x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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