MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics80.2% 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 Drive118% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C75
MotherboardMSI Z490-A PRO  (all builds)
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201013
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMay 13 '21 at 04:11
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User COL-User
Background CPU0%
Watch Gameplay: 1660S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-10850K-$286
U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
97.9% Outstanding
Memory 89.8
1-Core 155
2-Core 311
100% 185 Pts
4-Core 567
8-Core 1,174
102% 871 Pts
64-Core 2,109
130% 2,109 Pts
Poor: 88%
This bench: 97.9%
Great: 105%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233
Gigabyte(1458 4020) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
80.2% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 97.5
Parallax 80.8
86% 94.8 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 77.4
Splatting 69.1
68% 85.8 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 80.2%
Great: 76%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
430GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 483 490 447 296 290 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 489
Mixed 459
SusWrite 412
105% 468 MB/s
4K Read 39.2
4K Write 99.4
4K Mixed 54.1
181% 64.2 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 356
268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 118%
Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$83
3TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 182 180 180 186 191 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 85%
Jmicron Generic 1TB
546GB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 151 151 153 153 152 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
75.6% Very good
Read 112
Write 65.7
Mixed 81.1
SusWrite 152
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 79%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70% Good
MC Read 26.7
MC Write 26.6
MC Mixed 19.5
69% 24.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 22.8
65% 22.8 GB/s
Latency 67.5
59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 70%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z490-A PRO (MS-7C75) Builds (Compare 20,173 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $159

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $930
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HDDRAMUSB
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