MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.01% 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	121% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 10 '18 at 23:13
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	0%

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	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 740 77% 621 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 89%

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 (97^th percentile)	7.01% Terrible	Lighting 7.23 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 7.28 6% 8.43 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 6.27 Splatting 15 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.01% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4305 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 184 (B1) Unknown 99 99 23 (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 66 61 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 67 67 32814 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5242981665	121% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 492 Mixed 505 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 52.8 175% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 139 161% 278 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 176 5866 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3686 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9331 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 207 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9813 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 34 (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 200 197 3654 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	78.4% Very good	Read 143 Write 130 Mixed 123 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.28 109% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 181 3883 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1394 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6036 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 190 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1308 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 30 (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 1 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	91.9% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 165 Mixed 158 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 3.09 4K Mixed 0.54 152% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 112%
ST1000LM 024 HN-M101M 1TB 1,107 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 907GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 74.4 Write 78.7 Mixed 63.5 93% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.37 71% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 21.7 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 88%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $143

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,232x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,996x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,820x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,535x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,365x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,204x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	687x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	477x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	353x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	753x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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