MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	32% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 22:28
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$130 312,220 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)	94% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 738 78% 621 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Zotac(19DA 2454) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	32% Below average	Lighting 39.9 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 37.9 32% 36.5 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 38.7 Splatting 36.8 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Goodram C50 120GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13520 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2350 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (AA) Unknown 100 100 8589934936 (AD) Unknown 100 100 38470342 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6258	68% Good	Read 512 Write 254 Mixed 335 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 9.61 87% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 28 59% 119 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 237GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 232279370 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1458 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 95073138 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7291 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1459 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 555614240 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1459 (C2) HDA temperature 32 11 47244640288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 232279370 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 25378961759336 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32760018251 (F2) Unknown 100 253 53594470220	90.2% Outstanding	Read 147 Write 168 Mixed 135 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.25 76% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 112%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 158GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 1 1 56421 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5216 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35802 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5160 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7414 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 41 257698627614 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1109 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 512 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5279	44.5% Average	Read 75.8 Write 79 Mixed 75.1 58% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.38 99% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 32.8 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 29.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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Gaming 55%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $249

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,272x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,017x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,830x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,542x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,371x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,209x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	692x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	481x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	355x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	758x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16