MSI Z490-A PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.8% 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	341% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C75
Motherboard	MSI Z490-A PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '21 at 22:03
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11600K-$180 43,966 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 83.8 1-Core 163 2-Core 320 101% 189 Pts	4-Core 614 8-Core 1008 99% 811 Pts	64-Core 1,255 78% 1,255 Pts
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 111 Parallax 101 85% 106 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 104 Splatting 99.2 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 428GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2039 953 826 824 826 829 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	341% Outstanding	Read 2,719 Write 2395 Mixed 1,873 SusWrite 1,050 449% 2,009 MB/s	4K Read 74.1 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 103 342% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 1,566 DQ Write 1,203 DQ Mixed 1,343 1,016% 1,370 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 341% Great: 355%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 927GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 184 182 188 191 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 81.9 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 185 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB 1,288 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 842GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.2 13 12 13 13 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 189 Write 158 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 12 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 108%
Kingston DataTraveler G2 8GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 8.5 9.2 9.1 9.5 7.2 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.59% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 7.5 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 8.4 12% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.59% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 43.9 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 36 115% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 26.6 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 32.4 97% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

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Typical Z490-A PRO (MS-7C75) Builds (Compare 20,136 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 143%

UFO

Desktop 101%

UFO

Workstation 142%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $195

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,698x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,279x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,459x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,552x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,698x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,626x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	867x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	760x
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	945x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	580x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	564x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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