MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.2% 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	186% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200810
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '23 at 17:52
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400-$155 22,187 User benchmarks, average bench 86% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 688 73% 583 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 330F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.01 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 131 Parallax 116 97% 122 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 110 Splatting 109 86% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 554 576 510 534 545 652 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,352 Write 343 Mixed 738 SusWrite 562 165% 749 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 63.7 213% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 769 DQ Write 645 DQ Mixed 258 316% 557 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 277%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$20 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 190GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 88 88 90 86 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 114 Write 115 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 88.3 69% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-014.A00G 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 9905678-014.A00G 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 32.1 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 27.7 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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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	24"	1280 720	BNQ7F33 ZOWIE XL LCD

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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 $259Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,272x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,991x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,879x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,471x
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,377x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,237x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,066x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,015x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	2,011x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,473x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	979x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $834

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