MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.37% 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 Drive	83.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '18 at 14:42
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 77.3 2-Core 155 63% 105 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 724 65% 547 Pts	64-Core 1,134 70% 1,134 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B48) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4758 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.37% Terrible	Lighting 8.77 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 8.81 7% 10 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 17.3 11% 12.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.37% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 294 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 44 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1755366729	83.1% Excellent	Read 524 Write 285 Mixed 319 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 28.7 105% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 72.5 110% 210 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 730GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 83 123852704 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4643 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 47 640050350606 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7208 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 945 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 2636 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098503 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 521207836 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 255 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25671 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 55834574876 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 77 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 77 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 38349762988325 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55714442259 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47035213230	81.3% Excellent	Read 149 Write 135 Mixed 133 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 355GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 26823368 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1528 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 481810693 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 710 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 504430620 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8192 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 55834574876 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 101812199757441 (F1) Unknown 100 253 89270203919 (F2) Unknown 100 253 692287238758	95.3% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 154 Mixed 162 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 4x8GB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 85%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $102

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,244x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,006x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,823x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,539x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,367x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,205x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	690x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	479x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	754x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $528

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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) $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