MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.5% 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 Drive	210% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

2 years ago, 18 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '22 at 22:12
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 81.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 233 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 566 66% 510 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 8795) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 123 Parallax 104 90% 113 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 92.3 85% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS3030 500GB SSD 12,500 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 362GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS303226 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1344 537 555 552 539 557 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,422 Write 2169 Mixed 1,409 SusWrite 681 321% 1420 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 67.7 234% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 1,020 DQ Mixed 1,003 727% 930 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 266%
SDM8SI960A 960GB 144 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 96GB free Firmware: S1224A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 406 Write 209 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 13.4 35% 161 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 12.1 4K Mixed 0.3 43% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 13.8 DQ Mixed 0.3 18% 45.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 2x16GB 17,710 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 26.6 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 25.7 76% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 97%

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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%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $241

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $295Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,126x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,859x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,808x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,420x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,338x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,143x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1,220x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,047x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	999x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,983x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,456x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	963x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $871

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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