MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics80.3% 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 Drive201% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C75
MotherboardMSI Z490-A PRO  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200722
Uptime1.9 Days
Run DateDec 15 '20 at 00:52
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-10400-$125
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.6% Outstanding
Memory 97
1-Core 130
2-Core 259
91% 162 Pts
4-Core 506
8-Core 849
82% 678 Pts
64-Core 1,059
66% 1,059 Pts
Poor: 69%
This bench: 95.6%
Great: 91%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.79
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
80.3% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 100
Parallax 91
84% 98.3 fps
MRender 100
Gravity 92.8
Splatting 78.2
73% 90.5 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74
606GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1491 838 837 825 848 823 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
201% Outstanding
Read 1,484
Write 1,740
Mixed 1,310
SusWrite 944
308% 1,369 MB/s
4K Read 48.3
4K Write 74.8
4K Mixed 57.5
186% 60.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,017
DQ Write 124
DQ Mixed 227
253% 456 MB/s
Poor: 164%
This bench: 201%
Great: 276%
USB DISK 2.0 32GB
30GB free, PID 4200
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 16 16 15 16 14 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
10.6% Very poor
Read 23.5
Write 10.5
Mixed 11.2
SusWrite 15.2
19% 15.1 MB/s
4K Read 6.2
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 1.1
88% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 10.6%
Great: 11%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
96.2% Outstanding
MC Read 38.8
MC Write 37.1
MC Mixed 26
97% 34 GB/s
SC Read 19.2
SC Write 38.1
SC Mixed 29.2
82% 28.8 GB/s
Latency 50.3
79% 50.3 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 96.2%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z490-A PRO (MS-7C75) Builds (Compare 20,184 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $195

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $971
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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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