MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.17% 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	126% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181119
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '20 at 14:33
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 842 86% 695 Pts	64-Core 1,114 69% 1,114 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 94%

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. 26.20.100.7157 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.17% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 9 7% 9.83 fps	MRender 13.3 Gravity 7.77 Splatting 17.2 11% 12.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.17% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$55 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 471 469 472 443 398 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 444 Mixed 437 SusWrite 450 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 60.4 197% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 295 241% 342 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 125%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 842GB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 113 116 116 116 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 86.4 Write 118 Mixed 107 SusWrite 116 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.8 217% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 66%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 472GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 65 65 65 65 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	29% Poor	Read 63.5 Write 47.8 Mixed 42.1 SusWrite 65.1 73% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 19.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 24.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 89%

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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	3,001x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,822x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,538x
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