MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210130
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '24 at 05:33
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900KF-$255 21,040 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 86.9 1-Core 151 2-Core 302 97% 180 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 1,164 105% 884 Pts	64-Core 2,008 124% 2,008 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% PNY(196E 136E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (78 fps cap detected)	63.7% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 78 Parallax 78 64% 78 fps	MRender 78 Gravity 78 Splatting 78 64% 78 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1032 512GB 6,012 User benchmarks, average bench 221% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11111000 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,942 Write 2,096 Mixed 1,628 422% 1,889 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 59.5 203% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 955 DQ Write 628 DQ Mixed 798 593% 794 MB/s
Poor: 158% Great: 264%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$199 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 426GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 237 159 160 160 162 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 463 Mixed 402 SusWrite 225 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 43 146% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 351 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 122%
Samsung 870 QVO 4TB-$280 10,028 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 3.5TB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 475 478 478 477 478 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 478 Mixed 426 SusWrite 477 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 48.2 160% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 128%
Wl3000gsa6454 1 3TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 155 155 155 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 175 Mixed 91.3 SusWrite 155 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2x16GB 1,057 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 21.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 24.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 69.6 57% 69.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 99%

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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	75	24"	1280 720	SPT09AB Sceptre C24

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Typical Z490-A PRO (MS-7C75) Builds (Compare 20,326 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $159

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,744x
Core i5-10600KIntel $129Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,300x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,477x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,577x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,716x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,640x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	871x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	766x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	556x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	953x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	587x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	567x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $998

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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