MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.66% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive191% 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.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B98
MotherboardMSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98)  (all builds)
Memory10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190813
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 19 '19 at 23:05
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 35%

 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
86% Excellent
Memory 76.5
1-Core 127
2-Core 265
84% 156 Pts
4-Core 529
8-Core 658
76% 593 Pts
64-Core 792
49% 792 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 86%
Great: 103%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
MSI(1462 7B98) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6345
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
6.66% Terrible
Lighting 6.47
Reflection 11.1
Parallax 7.53
5% 8.37 fps
MRender 10.5
Gravity 6.73
Splatting 15.4
9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.66%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
166GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V9001c27 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 931 824 369 336 255 224 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
191% Outstanding
Read 1,934
Write 917
Mixed 832
SusWrite 490
230% 1,043 MB/s
4K Read 38.6
4K Write 129
4K Mixed 50.8
192% 72.8 MB/s
DQ Read 390
DQ Write 720
DQ Mixed 460
376% 523 MB/s
Poor: 76%
This bench: 191%
Great: 244%
Freenas iSCSI Disk 1TB
1TB free
Firmware: 0123
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 67 25 24 22 25 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
22.8% Poor
Read 91.8
Write 91
Mixed 94
SusWrite 35
18% 77.9 MB/s
4K Read 12.3
4K Write 10.4
4K Mixed 11.5
39% 11.4 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 110
DQ Mixed 132
93% 117 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 22.8%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
58.6% Above average
MC Read 23.5
MC Write 22.1
MC Mixed 18.1
61% 21.2 GB/s
SC Read 11.8
SC Write 16.9
SC Mixed 17.6
44% 15.4 GB/s
Latency 87.2
46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 58.6%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) Builds (Compare 32,066 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 113%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 104%
UFO

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $828
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