MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 21:50
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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 above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 395 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 397 24% 397 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 68.3 62% 74.6 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 76.1 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 406GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3773 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 945 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 257 (AE) Unknown 100 100 871 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 49 219043332119 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 19365125941 (F7) Unknown 100 100 616690930 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3418626308	96.5% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 418 Mixed 447 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 28.8 125% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 59.9 112% 222 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 100%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^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 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 66 146029936664 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 341658583 (F7) Unknown 100 100 10731976 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1646324 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1252 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	77.6% Very good	Read 482 Write 313 Mixed 321 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 23.2 100% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 39.2 75% 150 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 714GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 77 207935430 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 456887 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 61 437256218 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 26 12 51539607578 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 2 207935430 (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 -34540126994419 (F1) Unknown 100 253 457209145 (F2) Unknown 100 253 60876819	93.4% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 169 Mixed 146 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.32 105% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FBD2 2x4GB 2,565 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.4% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 21.6 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 98%

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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