MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	72.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	231% 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.

Very high background CPU (97%). 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191225
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '20 at 09:06
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	97%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400-$161 22,187 User benchmarks, average bench 86% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 50.3 1-Core 87 2-Core 208 60% 115 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 659 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 13D3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.9% Very good	Lighting 91.3 Reflection 79.6 Parallax 77.4 74% 82.8 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 77.1 Splatting 72 70% 88.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 519 450 413 399 373 396 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,265 Write 2,033 Mixed 1,305 SusWrite 425 336% 1,507 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 71.3 236% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 967 DQ Write 872 DQ Mixed 1,127 788% 988 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 528GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 134 132 132 126 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 165 Write 159 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 131 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 113%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 547GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 112 114 109 112 113 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 87.3 Write 75 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 111 62% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$79 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 156 159 154 156 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 89.2 Write 136 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 154 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS824A.M8FB 859B CT8G4DFS824A.M8FE 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 8 25% 8.8 GB/s	SC Read 3.8 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 5.1 14% 4.97 GB/s	Latency 159 25% 159 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 111%

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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