MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 112%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	122% 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.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

6 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B98
Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '19 at 00:38
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-9600K-$219 53,390 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	1-Core 161 2-Core 319 113% 240 Pts	4-Core 635 8-Core 919 100% 777 Pts	64-Core 930 62% 930 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$750 363,499 User benchmarks, average bench 126% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Lighting 474 Reflection 477 Parallax 571 127% 507 fps	MRender 251 Gravity 505 Splatting 265 116% 340 fps
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 142%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$90 109,395 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 1,706 Write 2041 Mixed 1,354 380% 1,700 MB/s	4K Read 62.9 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 90.9 293% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,859 DQ Write 1,626 DQ Mixed 1651 1,263% 1,712 MB/s
Poor: 190% Great: 327%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 185 203 204 204 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 151 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 199 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 116%
WD Elements 1TB 23,924 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 652GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 101 99 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 99.7 Write 101 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 100 121% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 114% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 19,255 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 27.6 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 31.2 SC Mixed 30.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 67%

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $142

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel $219Bench 93%, 53,390 samples	3,064x
Core i7-9700KIntel $350Bench 99%, 53,485 samples	1,514x
Core i9-9900KIntel $479Bench 101%, 77,154 samples	918x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $450Bench 101%, 116,532 samples	902x
RTX 2060-6GBNvidia $340Bench 86%, 68,073 samples	801x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $270Bench 56%, 658,194 samples	585x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 108%, 165,643 samples	527x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $90Bench 276%, 109,395 samples	410x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $110Bench 294%, 35,677 samples	277x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 85%, 212,561 samples	969x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $80Bench 88%, 120,623 samples	410x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 85%, 16,504 samples	275x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $961

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	AMD RX 580 $169	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $86
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $198	AMD RX 5700 XT $400	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $102
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia GTX 1660 $220	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $42	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $695	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24