MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	230% 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

5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7D25
Motherboard	MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 (all builds)
Memory	12 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 21 '23 at 00:06
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (48^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-$95 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)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 75.8 1-Core 172 2-Core 316 100% 188 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 771 79% 639 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 85.1% 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 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 138 Parallax 238 94% 164 fps	MRender 217 Gravity 120 Splatting 183 142% 173 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 108% 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: 3030 3381 3303 2823 1404 1494 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	438% Outstanding	Read 3,429 Write 3,554 Mixed 2,604 SusWrite 2,573 684% 3,040 MB/s	4K Read 57.2 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 86.3 284% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,492 DQ Write 1,010 DQ Mixed 1,232 925% 1,245 MB/s
Poor: 167% ↑ This bench: 438% Great: 520%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1807 110 59 172 350 406 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,426 Write 1,928 Mixed 1,658 SusWrite 484 310% 1,374 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 86.7 288% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,422 DQ Write 986 DQ Mixed 1,127 862% 1,178 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 365%
Drevo X1 SSD 120GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 112GB free Firmware: P0510D SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 81 50 55 52 53 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 374 Write 279 Mixed 282 SusWrite 106 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 40.5 139% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 216 173% 242 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 189GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 131 132 133 131 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 140 Write 101 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 131 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 105 106 107 104 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 103 Write 101 Mixed 68.4 SusWrite 106 70% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.1% 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 (39^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 26.4 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 22.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 89.3 45% 89.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.7% 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 - $210

CPU
Core i5-12600KIntel $177Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	5,861x
Core i7-12700KIntel $215Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	4,759x
Core i7-12700KFIntel $190Bench 114%, 70,812 samples	1,899x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	2,088x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,982x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	1,673x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	1,523x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,313x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	1,155x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	767x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	713x
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 45,582 samples	667x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,404

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16