MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% 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	122% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '20 at 21:36
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$100 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 615 8-Core 618 82% 616 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 148 Parallax 150 129% 152 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 135 Splatting 108 113% 144 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 406 466 476 475 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 473 Mixed 452 SusWrite 437 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 57.4 189% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 292 238% 338 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 125%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 43GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 379 406 395 420 385 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 416 Mixed 322 SusWrite 380 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 41 166% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 251 208% 297 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 101%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 551GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 97 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 88.2 Write 80.2 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 95.5 57% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial STK4U2400D17082C 2x8GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 24.3 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 86%

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

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Gaming 113%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $239

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,104x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,833x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,797x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,415x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,317x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,135x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,215x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,045x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	996x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,977x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,452x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	959x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $821

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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