MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics96.3% 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 Drive141% 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.
Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B98
MotherboardMSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)  (all builds)
Memory8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191225
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateNov 26 '21 at 08:13
Run Duration154 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 49%
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 PC Performing below expectations (24th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-9600K-$164
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Memory 90.9
1-Core 118
2-Core 224
83% 145 Pts
4-Core 398
8-Core 449
55% 424 Pts
64-Core 550
34% 550 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 103%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.11.3
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
96.3% Outstanding
Lighting 122
Reflection 137
Parallax 204
99% 154 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 130
Splatting 94.8
90% 112 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 96.3%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 256GB
106GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 557 435 244 276 190 177 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
141% Outstanding
Read 1,229
Write 762
Mixed 429
SusWrite 313
151% 683 MB/s
4K Read 31.4
4K Write 86.8
4K Mixed 32.5
135% 50.2 MB/s
DQ Read 705
DQ Write 723
DQ Mixed 508
438% 645 MB/s
Poor: 93%
This bench: 141%
Great: 230%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 138 137 128 149 145 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
87% Excellent
Read 165
Write 149
Mixed 68.1
SusWrite 138
95% 130 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.1
66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 87%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$50
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
62.3% Good
MC Read 26.1
MC Write 19
MC Mixed 21.2
63% 22.1 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 19.3
SC Mixed 18.4
48% 16.8 GB/s
Latency 65.9
61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 62.3%
Great: 120%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) Builds (Compare 31,957 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 113%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 104%
UFO

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $834
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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Intel Core i5-12600K $186Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair 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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