MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	35.3 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191023
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '20 at 21:32
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900KF-$287 50,265 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 254 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 821 80% 658 Pts	64-Core 1,392 86% 1,392 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 56,417 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 3451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 79.4 Parallax 69.2 65% 76.3 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 74.1 Splatting 77.4 66% 81.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 855 882 899 907 908 907 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1247 Write 880 Mixed 845 SusWrite 893 216% 966 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 59.3 206% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 860 DQ Mixed 221 278% 475 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 242%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 174 181 169 178 170 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GVR 859B CT8G4DFS824A.C8FJ 04CD F4-2400C15-8GVR 08D0 M378A2K43BB1-CRC 40GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 16384 MB Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	40.9% Average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.2 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 14.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 73%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 113%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 104%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $246

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $245Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,193x
Core i5-9600KIntel $136Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,936x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,844x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,443x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,361x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,169x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,230x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,060x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,009x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,998x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,464x
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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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