MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.31% 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	65% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '18 at 09:40
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 462 61% 459 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3) 32,403 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B48) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4758 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.31% Terrible	Lighting 7.5 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 7.56 6% 8.74 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 6.57 Splatting 15.8 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.31% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 35049686 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 26302379735130 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4257 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 70 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 35049686 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 35049686 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 35049686 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24634 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18603 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18603 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13696	65% Good	Read 472 Write 123 Mixed 187 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 18.5 110% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 12.7 46% 101 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 82%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 15GB free Firmware: 5.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2539803 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -135111081162583 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2859 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 75 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2539803 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2539803 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2539803 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4914 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1954 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1954 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8691	49.9% Average	Read 190 Write 105 Mixed 121 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 13.6 106% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 29.8 48% 92.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x4GB 420 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 23.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 24.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 92%

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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	5,231x
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 $129Bench 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 $46

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