MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200521
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '20 at 17:17
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-10100-$94 24,563 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 266 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 724 67% 559 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 37,718 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7C75) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	3.77% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 7.75 6% 8.51 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.77% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$36 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF220400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 104 82 114 96 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 431 Write 320 Mixed 278 SusWrite 107 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 15.5 73% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 65.3 DQ Mixed 12 30% 63.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 55%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 432GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 169 168 166 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 126 Write 176 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 168 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 210% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 1x16GB 4,112 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.5% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 12.7 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z490-A PRO (MS-7C75) Builds (Compare 20,136 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	4,698x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,279x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,459x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,552x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,698x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,626x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	867x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	760x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	553x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	945x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	580x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	564x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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