MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	73.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	275% 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210130
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '24 at 09:49
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	MLT-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400F-$98 153,026 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 66 1-Core 73 2-Core 159 57% 99.3 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 616 55% 464 Pts	64-Core 866 54% 866 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 2507) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.9% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 83.7 Parallax 88.7 82% 90.9 fps	MRender 83.2 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 64.5 59% 73 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 741GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1667 1670 1697 1712 1735 1722 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 1,598 Write 1,885 Mixed 1,679 SusWrite 1,701 388% 1,716 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 69.7 230% 80.3 MB/s	DQ Read 925 DQ Write 679 DQ Mixed 791 594% 799 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 365%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 28GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 76 74 72 68 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 122 Write 93.6 Mixed 110 SusWrite 74.1 22% 100 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 26.8 104% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 91.2 75% 106 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 73%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 290GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 65 68 66 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 78.2 Write 80.5 Mixed 60.6 SusWrite 65.6 53% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 25.3 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 9.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 131 30% 131 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 114%

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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	70	59	240	31.5"	1280 720	SAM7236 Odyssey G65B

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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	4,729x
Core i5-10600KIntel $141Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,297x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,473x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,571x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,712x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,635x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	953x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	583x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	566x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $1,010

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16