MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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	226% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7D25
Motherboard	MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20230109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '23 at 23:15
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-12100F-$80 11,860 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 72.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 92% 174 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 755 81% 643 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% XFX(1EAE 6501) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.11.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 101 Reflection 122 Parallax 213 82% 146 fps	MRender 201 Gravity 118 Splatting 176 135% 165 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Netac NVMe SSD 1TB 2,454 User benchmarks, average bench 315% 756GB free Firmware: H230406a Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2030 2146 2140 2305 2268 1567 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	355% Outstanding	Read 2361 Write 2,343 Mixed 2,098 SusWrite 2076 500% 2,219 MB/s	4K Read 60.1 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 72.9 267% 96.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,318 DQ Write 998 DQ Mixed 1,153 864% 1,157 MB/s
Poor: 167% ↑ This bench: 355% Great: 520%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 248GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1343 187 110 153 240 303 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,610 Write 2009 Mixed 1,774 SusWrite 389 325% 1,446 MB/s	4K Read 56.7 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 82.4 283% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,277 DQ Write 974 DQ Mixed 1,115 837% 1,122 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 365%
Drevo X1 SSD 120GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 112GB free Firmware: P0510D SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 83 53 55 52 53 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 432 Write 314 Mixed 315 SusWrite 106 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 38 135% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 215 174% 244 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 189GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 132 132 132 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 143 Write 100 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 132 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$58 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 107 105 106 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 107 Write 105 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 106 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 4266 C19 2x8GB 183 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 24.8 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 20.5 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 94.7 42% 94.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 122%

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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	165	31.5"	1280 720	GSM5BD3 LG ULTRAGEAR

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Desktop 111%

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Workstation 203%

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Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 - $209

CPU
Core i5-12600KIntel $171Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	5,893x
Core i7-12700KIntel $240Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	4,782x
Core i7-12700KFIntel $212Bench 114%, 70,812 samples	1,908x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	2,101x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,995x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $479Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	1,684x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	1,536x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,315x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	1,158x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	772x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $69Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	715x
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 45,582 samples	670x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,385

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16