MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.5% 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	37.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20181113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '24 at 14:02
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 above expectations (85^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 683 73% 582 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.23 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 184 Parallax 134 107% 149 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 127 Splatting 20 80% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$49 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 13 24 40 103 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 364 Write 320 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 70.6 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 9.3 4K Write 31.9 4K Mixed 12.2 47% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 68.7 DQ Mixed 34.3 41% 72.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 55%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$69 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 112 113 112 111 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 121 Write 116 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 112 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 1x16GB 1,722 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 12.2 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 47%

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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	68	57	60	24"	1280 720	GSM5B38 24GM79G

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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 $230Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,373x
Core i5-9600KIntel $135Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	8,094x
Core i9-9900KIntel $387Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,922x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,507x
RTX 2060Nvidia $234Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,405x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,219x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,250x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,074x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,031x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	2,037x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,491x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	992x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $870

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $85
Intel Core i5-13600K $235	Nvidia RTX 4070 $499	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $342