MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.2% 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 Drive	176% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7D25
Motherboard	MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '24 at 18:08
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-12100F-$80 11,860 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 72.6 1-Core 163 2-Core 312 96% 182 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 783 82% 657 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 3551) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2182 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.58 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Lighting 108 Reflection 88.7 Parallax 95.7 88% 97.4 fps	MRender 88.2 Gravity 76.4 Splatting 68.4 62% 77.7 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SX6000LNP 512GB 11,097 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: VC0S036B SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 130 127 138 36 21 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,712 Write 1294 Mixed 1342 SusWrite 127 249% 1,119 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 50.1 220% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 542 DQ Write 954 DQ Mixed 648 520% 715 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 259%
Wl2000gsa6472 0 2TB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 114GB free Firmware: MF6ONS00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 130 133 114 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 65.6 Write 42.5 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 128 57% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot Memory (PDP Systems) 3200 C18 Series 2x16GB 492 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 29.7 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.9 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 99.6 40% 99.6 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	68	56	60	31.5"	1280 720	SAM7000 C32R50x

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Gaming 199%

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Desktop 111%

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Workstation 203%

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Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 - $210

CPU
Core i5-12600KIntel $175Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	5,871x
Core i7-12700KIntel $213Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	4,766x
Core i7-12700KFIntel $190Bench 114%, 70,812 samples	1,903x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	2,090x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,986x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	1,676x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	1,525x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,312x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	1,156x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	769x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	714x
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 45,582 samples	666x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,402

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16