MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

8 months ago, 5 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210130
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '23 at 13:03
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$224 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 296 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 1,027 95% 793 Pts	64-Core 1,571 97% 1,571 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 178 Parallax 170 130% 169 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 170 Splatting 119 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$164 35,257 User benchmarks, average bench 314% 28GB free Firmware: EGFM13.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,753 Write 2,271 Mixed 1,928 446% 1,984 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 67.4 219% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,311 DQ Write 713 DQ Mixed 964 729% 996 MB/s
Poor: 182% Great: 472%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 362GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 74 88 54 102 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 151 Write 152 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 81.3 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV8GX4M1A2133C15 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.6% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 10.9 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 13.4 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 75%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	144	27"	1280 720	SAM0F58 C27JG5x

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Typical Z490-A PRO (MS-7C75) Builds (Compare 20,486 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 143%

UFO

Desktop 101%

UFO

Workstation 142%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $150

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,780x
Core i5-10600KIntel $129Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,316x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,495x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,594x
RTX 3060Nvidia $256Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,730x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,659x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	877x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $149Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	771x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	557x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	960x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	593x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	571x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,006

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359