MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.6% 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	222% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	22 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190813
Uptime	14.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '24 at 20:57
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$85 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 82.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 526 66% 499 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 1F06) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.29 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.6% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 108 Parallax 122 96% 116 fps	MRender 165 Gravity 111 Splatting 103 100% 126 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$93 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 980 670 673 596 669 650 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,022 Write 1906 Mixed 1,750 SusWrite 706 358% 1,596 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 62.8 193% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 995 DQ Write 688 DQ Mixed 829 622% 838 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 410%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$27 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 357GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 134 134 135 135 137 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 99.8 Write 98.1 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 135 72% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GF2X08LIII43-12-K 2x16GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 28.9 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 94%

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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	42	9	144	23.8"	1280 720	AOC2402 24G2W1G4

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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	8,270x
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	2,470x
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

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