MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	82.7% 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	173% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 11:25
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600KF-$123 24,257 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 5 GHz, turbo 6.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 160 2-Core 277 100% 178 Pts	4-Core 616 8-Core 1,012 100% 814 Pts	64-Core 1295 80% 1295 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3350 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 106 Parallax 97.2 85% 103 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 83.3 78% 96.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB 42,173 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 256 256 256 256 256 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,230 Write 515 Mixed 322 SusWrite 283 129% 587 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 84.5 280% 99.8 MB/s	DQ Read 792 DQ Write 64.6 DQ Mixed 132 171% 329 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 221GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 111 110 110 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 138 Write 107 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 110 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 748GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 53 52 52 41 51 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 68%
SDHC Card 32GB 13,791 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 11GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 41.7 Write 20.4 Mixed 27.1 SusWrite 21.2 34% 27.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 4.1 258% 4.63 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30AESBK.M8FE 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 25.4 94% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 29.6 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 95%

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

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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 - $159

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,725x
Core i5-10600KIntel $154Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,293x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,472x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $490Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,570x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,709x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,633x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $81Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	871x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	766x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	556x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	952x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	583x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	566x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $999

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16