MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	18.4% 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	243% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 00:43
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 702 75% 599 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Asus(1043 8390) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Lighting 21.5 Reflection 25.7 Parallax 19.5 18% 22.2 fps	MRender 29.2 Gravity 22.3 Splatting 23.5 20% 25 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,823 Write 1,094 Mixed 1,314 381% 1,744 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 37.6 177% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 107 117% 199 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 236%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 54GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 2472381 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 -26654566999074 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1210 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 251 (B1) Unknown 0 0 12 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2472381 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2472381 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2472381 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20001 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10460 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10460 (F2) Unknown 0 0 30041	37.7% Below average	Read 189 Write 61.9 Mixed 88.2 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 11.6 81% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 77.6 DQ Write 55.9 DQ Mixed 22.7 29% 52.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 51%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 381GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 179 1816 (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 92 92 6539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 118 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7541 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	56.1% Above average	Read 100 Write 95.5 Mixed 82.4 70% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA380 500GB 1,490 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 317GB free Firmware: V56OA73A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 130 130 38680592755 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10929 (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 94 94 44443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1910 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12664 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12664 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 257698758695 (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 200 253 58	39% Below average	Read 69.5 Write 66 Mixed 64 50% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.39 105% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 2x4GB 2,944 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 40.7 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 29.1 106% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 29.8 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 97%

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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	5,237x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,998x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,822x

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	754x
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