MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	107% 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	70.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	48.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170905
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '18 at 23:48
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 75.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 227 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 677 59% 504 Pts	64-Core 1,040 64% 1,040 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 148 Parallax 135 115% 142 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 146 Splatting 103 95% 117 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Nytro Client 141 ZA256CM10002 256GB 197 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: ST0S1021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 83 127 18 135 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 415 Write 399 Mixed 360 SusWrite 127 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 28 109% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 105 125% 223 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 95%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 152 150 151 157 153 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 156 Write 164 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 153 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 134% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 184 184 187 186 187 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 122 Write 151 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 186 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x16GB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 24.8 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 10.2 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 89.4 45% 89.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 122%

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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	5,244x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,005x
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	479x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: $528

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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