MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	111% 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.

Very high background CPU (85%). 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	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '18 at 17:40
Run Duration	799 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	85%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 273 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 850 82% 676 Pts	64-Core 1,146 71% 1,146 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 698GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 477 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 39 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 53 201864577050 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 19027213837 (F7) Unknown 100 100 594920044 (F8) Unknown 100 100 176246919 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3564 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	85.8% Excellent	Read 480 Write 328 Mixed 335 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 26.3 110% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 45.9 101% 212 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3524 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 70 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 71 65 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 49 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7029537733	111% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 399 Mixed 412 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 45.5 170% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 115 144% 257 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 122%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 172GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3372 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 33 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 71 62 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2142551291	110% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 406 Mixed 414 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 45.9 164% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 116 140% 247 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5.5TB free Firmware: 82.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 222 215 7900 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 86 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 27 (C2) HDA temperature 127 119 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	93.7% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 166 Mixed 162 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.29 123% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 223480112 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 56 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 54406292 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 57 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 505217053 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7739 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 68719476765 (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 113455856094145 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11922545670 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30661035791	87.7% Excellent	Read 164 Write 142 Mixed 135 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.21 69% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 114%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 460GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 168 (03) Spinup time 182 178 5883 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 545 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26907 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 92 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10602 (C2) HDA temperature 127 118 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 35 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	51.6% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 88.2 Mixed 85.1 66% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.27 110% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 88%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 183 5408 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 61 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 24008 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 64147 (C2) HDA temperature 119 114 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	65.2% Good	Read 112 Write 115 Mixed 109 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.29 115% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 2x8GB 42,084 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 24.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 109%

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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	5,242x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,003x
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	689x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	478x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	754x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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