MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	267% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	56.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '18 at 11:18
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 88.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 301 97% 179 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 982 96% 788 Pts	64-Core 1,171 72% 1,171 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 1814 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Lighting 42.1 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 39 34% 37.9 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 37.7 32% 38.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 33%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2157 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 121 Parallax 104 90% 112 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 110 Splatting 112 90% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Ultra II 500GB 3,299 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 931GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3604523 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 51 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 486 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 47 67 287764578357 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 51539607564 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 458 (EA) Unknown 100 100 474 (F1) Unknown 253 253 468 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0
Poor: 60% Great: 109%
Sandisk Ultra II 500GB 3,299 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 931GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3604523 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 453 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 47 68 292059545653 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 51539607564 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 458 (EA) Unknown 100 100 476 (F1) Unknown 253 253 470 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0
Poor: 60% Great: 109%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,298 Write 1,418 Mixed 1,604 392% 1,773 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 58.9 223% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 525 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 32.2 141% 319 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 283%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D26BFSE.16FBR 4x16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 28.7 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 27.2 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 90%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,233x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,997x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,821x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,536x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,366x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,204x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	687x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	478x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	353x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	753x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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