MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '20 at 19:01
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i3-9100F-$88 34,310 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 526 60% 470 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.78 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.6% Very good	Lighting 91.8 Reflection 104 Parallax 88.9 75% 94.9 fps	MRender 91.9 Gravity 86.1 Splatting 93.1 74% 90.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,634 Write 1,587 Mixed 527 276% 1,249 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 51.5 197% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 553 DQ Mixed 346 286% 400 MB/s
Poor: 118% Great: 277%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 931GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 179 174 179 173 179 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 177 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 174 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 1.3 258% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 184%
Seagate ST3500320NS 500GB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: NA01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 106 108 106 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 106 68% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 30.5 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 43.5 SC Mixed 31.7 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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

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Typical Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) Builds (Compare 32,120 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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