MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.9% 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	44.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 14:24
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Memory 75 1-Core 107 2-Core 220 74% 134 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 309 40% 304 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.9% Poor	Lighting 37.6 Reflection 35 Parallax 29 31% 33.9 fps	MRender 32.1 Gravity 34 Splatting 27.9 25% 31.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingdian S200 60GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20150818 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1800 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1922 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 86 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 58 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1902098 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1958 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1906 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1921 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 707 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 314 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 16 (F1) Unknown 100 100 235805 (F2) Unknown 100 100 266664 (F5) Unknown 100 100 2705838	44.5% Average	Read 432 Write 78.6 Mixed 126 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 2.5 75% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 72 DQ Mixed 2.4 15% 32.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 69%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 130 130 34388705720 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 207 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 170 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 207 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 158914641950 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	80.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 130 Mixed 137 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.19 100% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 645GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897091769 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 683 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2964 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 679 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 684 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 684 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 171799543840 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	86.5% Excellent	Read 149 Write 153 Mixed 97.9 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.17 65% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 107%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 87GB free Firmware: 03.03E03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 136 4150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 565 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 48018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 519 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 181 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 565 (C2) HDA temperature 109 93 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 60 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.1% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 84.8 Mixed 76.8 64% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 58%
Hitachi HTS541680J9SA00 80GB-$76 1,745 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 56GB free Firmware: SB2OC70P Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 179 179 17179869184 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 6061 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 11022 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3917 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 262 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 99424 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 274877906966 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	24% Poor	Read 41.3 Write 41.9 Mixed 39.7 31% 41 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.21 69% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS8213.M8FA 04CB 859B CT4G4DFS8213.M8FA 04CB 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	66.5% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 23.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 19.5 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 90.3 44% 90.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 82%

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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	3,002x
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	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