MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	67.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170905
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 10:32
Run Duration	630 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (56^th 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 276 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 881 86% 704 Pts	64-Core 1,127 70% 1,127 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 172032 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 141 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 285 (AA) Unknown 100 100 42 (AB) Unknown 100 100 220 (AC) Unknown 100 100 200 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 222 (B5) Unknown 100 100 592707977315 (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 88 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 42 (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 100 100 220	67.8% Good	Read 491 Write 265 Mixed 340 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 3.79 85% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 5.79 58% 134 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 33143912 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 134 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1241287 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 130 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 118 (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 79 63 353370133 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1772 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 64424509461 (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 -84245783510965 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1773981153 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9848136445	98.3% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 156 Mixed 159 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.15 71% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 465GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 104782285 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 47 47 54901 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 192581040 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12014 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 689 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 106 (BE) vendor-specific 80 51 336658452 (C2) HDA temperature 20 49 64424509460 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 33 104782285 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55.8% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 94.8 Mixed 77.2 68% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.45 105% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 60%
General UDisk 2TB 1,229 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 2TB free, PID null Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	4.8% Terrible	Read 14.8 Write 2.52 Mixed 4.18 7% 7.18 MB/s	4K Read 8.77 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.009 33% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.8% Great: 38%
General UDisk 2TB 1,229 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 2TB free, PID null Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	4.49% Terrible	Read 16.3 Write 6.05 Mixed 5.76 10% 9.37 MB/s	4K Read 2.76 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.05 14% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.49% Great: 38%
General USB3 Disk 64GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 55GB free, PID 0732 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	22% Poor	Read 84.9 Write 28 Mixed 26.5 48% 46.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.15 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.79 73% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 3x4GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.3% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 102%

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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