MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.2% 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	93.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 08:35
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 278 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 719 81% 636 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 91.4 Parallax 183 94% 130 fps	MRender 90.6 Gravity 129 Splatting 131 98% 117 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 477 273 247 235 255 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 414 Write 471 Mixed 364 SusWrite 325 89% 393 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 38.2 138% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 330 246% 325 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 44GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 297 297 285 272 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 485 Mixed 393 SusWrite 309 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 65.7 225% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 352 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 124%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4GB free Firmware: M3CR023 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 509 Write 450 Mixed 439 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 59.5 199% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 294 238% 338 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 200GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 126 126 125 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 91 Write 97.5 Mixed 70 SusWrite 125 71% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 28 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 29.1 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 94%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,108x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,837x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,797x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,418x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,318x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,136x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,215x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,046x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	996x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,977x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,453x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	959x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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