MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191225
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '20 at 18:58
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 510 69% 514 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$295 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 1583) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 80.3 Reflection 74.4 Parallax 72 66% 75.6 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 54.3 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ldlc F6+M.2 240 240GB 236 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0904A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 148 58 54 80 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 495 Write 403 Mixed 355 SusWrite 122 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 20.1 DQ Mixed 0.5 16% 41.6 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 95%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 461GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 129 129 129 127 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 127 Write 123 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 128 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C15 1x8GB 5,442 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 12.6 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 46%

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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) - $246

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,104x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,832x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 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 $129Bench 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: $825

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