MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 126% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	159% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	249% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	17.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200604
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '21 at 21:39
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 792 75% 620 Pts	64-Core 987 61% 987 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Zotac(19DA 1503) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	159% Outstanding	Lighting 213 Reflection 207 Parallax 267 174% 229 fps	MRender 265 Gravity 220 Splatting 168 172% 218 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 698 564 444 569 551 442 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,309 Write 2,100 Mixed 1,502 SusWrite 545 360% 1,614 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 76.6 261% 91.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1087 DQ Write 812 DQ Mixed 963 716% 954 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 290GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 429 418 398 347 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 472 Mixed 376 SusWrite 395 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 56.8 192% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 249 217% 323 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 464GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 472 472 475 473 475 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 475 Mixed 455 SusWrite 473 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 56.6 194% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 670GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 126 129 130 131 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 126 Write 126 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 130 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GB 32,191 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.5% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 20.8 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.2 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 134%

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

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Typical Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) Builds (Compare 16,531 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,240x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,000x
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	1,204x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	688x
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 $45Bench 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: $569

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 $45	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