MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 147% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 164% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	161% 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	251% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star US Desketop Aegis RS
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210416
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '21 at 18:51
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-11700K-$270 65,651 User benchmarks, average bench 101% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 84 1-Core 130 2-Core 342 96% 186 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 1,206 99% 864 Pts	64-Core 1,734 107% 1,734 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$499 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% MSI(1462 5053) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	161% Outstanding	Lighting 237 Reflection 218 Parallax 211 194% 222 fps	MRender 256 Gravity 160 Splatting 130 143% 182 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 373GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32B3T8EA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 811 568 698 842 786 892 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,627 Write 1789 Mixed 1,529 SusWrite 766 373% 1,678 MB/s	4K Read 63.1 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 70.7 227% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,120 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 260 283% 504 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 372%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 793GB free Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1418 963 941 985 792 416 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,448 Write 1,890 Mixed 1,612 SusWrite 919 331% 1,467 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 48.3 159% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,335 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 220 286% 552 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 298%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 237GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 139 138 144 139 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 135 Write 139 Mixed 75.9 SusWrite 140 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 33.2 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 29 SC Write 42.3 SC Mixed 34.3 101% 35.2 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $195

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,706x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,284x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,463x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,560x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,701x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,628x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	869x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	763x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	553x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	946x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	580x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	564x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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