MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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.
Boot Drive	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	42.3 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191225
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '22 at 20:50
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600KF-$180 65,122 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 251 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 636 77% 593 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Dell(1028 C973) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 120 Parallax 125 111% 127 fps	MRender 146 Gravity 104 Splatting 90.4 90% 113 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T253X2512G 512GB 14,867 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1022A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 105 58 49 3.7 48 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 457 Write 396 Mixed 366 SusWrite 92.9 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 0.9 65% 153 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 216 215 210 212 220 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 166 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 214 111% 153 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 122% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 394GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 84 84 84 85 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 115 Write 118 Mixed 72.9 SusWrite 83.8 72% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 69%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 158 157 157 159 156 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 115 Write 125 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 157 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 48GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 30.7 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 44.4 SC Mixed 27.4 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

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Gaming 113%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 104%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $241

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,134x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,864x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,814x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,423x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,342x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,145x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,221x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,047x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,001x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,985x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,457x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	965x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $846

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16