MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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.
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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.4% 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 Drive	87.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191225
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '20 at 01:40
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$102 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 751 78% 628 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 127 Parallax 104 85% 112 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 103 Splatting 98.9 83% 102 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 156 174 145 166 187 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 504 Write 231 Mixed 219 SusWrite 169 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 34.8 150% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 208 169% 243 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 128%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 9GB free Firmware: 5.03 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 411 Write 155 Mixed 216 57% 261 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 38.2 146% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 115 103% 156 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 83%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 220GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 94 94 95 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 109 SusWrite 94 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 85%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$39 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 90GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 80 80 81 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 90.5 Write 83.2 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 80.2 56% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 86%
Hitachi HDS5C1010CLA382 1TB 2,729 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4GB free Firmware: JC4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 52 53 52 53 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 51 Write 49.8 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 51.9 35% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 64%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 262GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 145 146 146 147 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 146 Write 104 Mixed 76 SusWrite 144 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 24.7 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 26.8 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 110%

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Gaming 113%

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Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 104%

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

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,122x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,850x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,804x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,418x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,333x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,139x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,220x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,047x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	999x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,981x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,456x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	961x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16