MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190321
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '20 at 02:00
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	69% Good	Memory 70.6 1-Core 90.3 2-Core 191 66% 117 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 689 62% 526 Pts	64-Core 1,048 65% 1,048 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FF1) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 123 Parallax 125 100% 124 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 110 Splatting 103 103% 130 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,476 Write 2,259 Mixed 1,641 472% 2,125 MB/s	4K Read 55.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 74.4 244% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 798 DQ Mixed 771 609% 850 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 124 124 122 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 82 Write 92 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 123 65% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.3 145% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 68%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 517GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 193 193 193 193 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 170 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 191 107% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 19.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 16.6 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 76%

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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) - $237

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $263Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,166x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,898x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,829x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,432x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,350x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,162x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,226x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,053x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,007x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,991x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,462x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	970x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $831

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