MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 143% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 138% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	166% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	245% 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.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '22 at 14:45
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11400F-$116 46,609 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 74 1-Core 156 2-Core 296 93% 175 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 898 87% 715 Pts	64-Core 1,149 71% 1,149 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$600 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% MSI(1462 5051) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Lighting 247 Reflection 227 Parallax 217 201% 230 fps	MRender 256 Gravity 168 Splatting 137 147% 187 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNVS1000G 1TB 18,978 User benchmarks, average bench 178% 555GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8J41100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1689 1760 1472 652 825 1088 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,608 Write 560 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 1,247 192% 872 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 40.1 217% 89.5 MB/s	DQ Read 931 DQ Write 916 DQ Mixed 205 352% 684 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 246%
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 98GB free Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 873 476 479 514 159 379 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 1,322 Write 1,114 Mixed 126 SusWrite 480 168% 761 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 39.9 130% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 538 DQ Write 66.9 DQ Mixed 127 137% 244 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 311%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 159GB free Firmware: M6CR041 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 429 438 436 428 424 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 498 Write 435 Mixed 399 SusWrite 433 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 26.2 4K Mixed 13.9 58% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 31.6 79% 162 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFRA32A.C8FN 4x8GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 19.2 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 28.8 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 92.4 43% 92.4 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 111%

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Typical Z490-A PRO (MS-7C75) Builds (Compare 20,159 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	4,703x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,282x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,463x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,558x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,700x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,628x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	868x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	762x
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	946x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	580x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	564x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $963

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16