MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	98.5% 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	165% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (56%). 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	46.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190813
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '24 at 00:13
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	56%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700-$250 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 58.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 71% 132 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 779 72% 601 Pts	64-Core 858 53% 858 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 C732) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.86 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.5% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 106 Parallax 50.3 97% 91.9 fps	MRender 169 Gravity 116 Splatting 97.6 101% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$167 10,240 User benchmarks, average bench 340% 842GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM11.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 672 554 729 750 653 654 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,106 Write 1,349 Mixed 1,132 SusWrite 669 240% 1,064 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 40.3 137% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 949 DQ Write 740 DQ Mixed 869 643% 853 MB/s
Poor: 183% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 496%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 199 200 199 200 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 143 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 200 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 2,982 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	49.2% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 17.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 10.8 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 129%

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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	58	31	165	27"	2560 1387	AUS27B1 ROG PG278QR

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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 $245Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,189x
Core i5-9600KIntel $136Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,931x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,840x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,440x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,360x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,166x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,230x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,058x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,009x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,997x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,463x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	973x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	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