MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.7% 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	68.6% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '18 at 20:07
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$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 (100^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 466 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8422) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 25.1 Reflection 24.8 Parallax 31.4 20% 27.1 fps	MRender 34.4 Gravity 29.4 Splatting 26.3 24% 30 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$40 8,737 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 10GB free Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 773 Write 636 Mixed 657 153% 689 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 29.3 147% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 48.9 117% 244 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 153%
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0518BS Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1756 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 239 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 56 (A3) Unknown 100 100 8 (A4) Unknown 100 100 13477 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (94) Unknown 100 100 31069 (95) Unknown 100 100 1021 (96) Unknown 100 100 851 (97) Unknown 100 100 1002 (9F) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 8 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 55 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 678767 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 127653 (F2) Unknown 100 100 176659 (F5) Unknown 100 100 242586	68.6% Good	Read 515 Write 338 Mixed 355 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 27.5 4K Mixed 12.9 76% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 12.2 36% 82.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 118%
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 below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 15595448 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2784 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2191664 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 222 (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 59 57 690487337 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25488 (C2) HDA temperature 41 43 85899345961 (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 2899102926362 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1652817672 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8040471058	77.6% Very good	Read 135 Write 136 Mixed 136 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 399GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 66 200112906 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2053 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6167294 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -20791936676037 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (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 57 52 724172843 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7857 (C2) HDA temperature 43 48 90194313259 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 66 200112906 (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 -93127775877569 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7977266940 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4936834671	44.2% Average	Read 80.8 Write 71 Mixed 45.3 49% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 2.76 4K Write 5.12 4K Mixed 0.46 260% 2.78 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 90%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 683 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 1GB free, PID 0736 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 18.6 Write 19 Mixed 17.9 24% 18.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.68 4K Write 3.09 4K Mixed 2.01 195% 3.59 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2800 C15 2x4GB 1,650 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 27.7 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 27.3 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 100%

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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 i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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