MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '18 at 21:09
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 236 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 733 76% 612 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 72.4 64% 75.5 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 72 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 159 167 164 177 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 423 Write 178 Mixed 213 SusWrite 167 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 13.9 118% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 29.8 47% 89.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 72%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 45GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 96 115 102 109 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 333 Write 122 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 116 35% 162 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 4.8 69% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 30 67% 135 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 481GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 133 134 133 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 131 Write 141 Mixed 71.6 SusWrite 134 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 359GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 161 161 160 160 162 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 102 Write 63.4 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 160 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 16GB 16,813 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 4.1 3.8 4 3.6 4 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	7.2% Terrible	Read 33.6 Write 3.5 Mixed 8.9 SusWrite 4.3 12% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.2% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 27.1 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 27.6 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,002x
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 $92Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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