MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '18 at 22:19
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 244 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 543 65% 498 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 86.9 Parallax 77.3 66% 81.8 fps	MRender 82.3 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 69 61% 75.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS128S42CA00IS1 128GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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 23 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 145 (A3) Unknown 100 100 20 (A4) Unknown 100 100 8118 (A5) Unknown 100 100 20 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8205 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9260 (F5) Unknown 100 100 16236	78% Very good	Read 521 Write 201 Mixed 290 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 25.4 141% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 36.6 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 54.4 48% 69.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 89%
Sandisk S064G 63GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 59GB free Firmware: 3.1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10472 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 887 (A5) Unknown 100 100 169595 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 43 (AE) Unknown 100 100 95 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 32 244813594656 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 143 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 469 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5759058100 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10069718901	44.7% Average	Read 452 Write 182 Mixed 242 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 14.3 4K Mixed 9.68 50% 14.5 MB/s	DQ Read 19.6 DQ Write 17.3 DQ Mixed 9.33 10% 15.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 915GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 64 54392318 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 190 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 32694 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 161 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (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 73 50 471269403 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 190 (C2) HDA temperature 27 17 73014444059 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 7 54392318 (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 -134501195841442 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30434283 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23958035	109% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 181 Mixed 142 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.27 104% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS7250SASUN500G 0719K428MF 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 389GB free Firmware: K2AOAV0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 160 160 203 (03) Spinup time 131 131 55865705034 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 191 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 130 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 191 (C2) HDA temperature 177 177 253404184607 (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 0	32.6% Below average	Read 56.1 Write 57 Mixed 57.1 43% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.34 101% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 24 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

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Gaming 55%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $249

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,270x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,014x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,828x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,541x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,371x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,209x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	691x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	481x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	355x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	757x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $686

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16