MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83% 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	195% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201010
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '21 at 07:06
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (58^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-$102 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 237 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 665 72% 569 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.55 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 120 Parallax 106 84% 110 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 102 Splatting 92.1 80% 98.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 737 432 430 427 432 428 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,725 Write 1,858 Mixed 1,232 SusWrite 481 296% 1,324 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 70.8 258% 93 MB/s	DQ Read 508 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 288 239% 351 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 110GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 306 307 307 308 307 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 442 Mixed 382 SusWrite 323 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 48 171% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 154 124% 180 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 124%
Seagate ST2000DM009-2G4100 2TB 3,203 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: DN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 162 165 165 165 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 172 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 164 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 257% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 762GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 80 80 81 82 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 80.3 Write 55.3 Mixed 62.6 SusWrite 80.2 52% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 23.5 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 81%

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Gaming 113%

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Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $241

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $295Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,126x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,859x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,808x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,420x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,338x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,143x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,220x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,047x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	999x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,983x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,456x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	963x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $871

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16