MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 129% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	137% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 00:40
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 153 2-Core 304 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 938 94% 763 Pts	64-Core 1229 76% 1229 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2801 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 212 Parallax 206 158% 204 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 189 Splatting 136 125% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 238GB free Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,484 Write 763 Mixed 1,032 241% 1,093 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 54.1 200% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 33.1 106% 232 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 141%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF300000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 109 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (A5) Unknown 100 100 35 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 270 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 63 270584119336 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 42950983690 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 84 (EA) Unknown 100 100 267 (F1) Unknown 100 100 94 (F2) Unknown 100 100 150 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	44.2% Average	Read 493 Write 149 Mixed 127 55% 256 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 20.2 4K Mixed 3 46% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 92.9 DQ Write 30.7 DQ Mixed 3.54 18% 42.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 55%
Asmt109x- Fast 1TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 166GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^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 7938 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1969 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 44 (AE) Unknown 100 100 900 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 21 339302940717 (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 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13420092619 (F7) Unknown 100 100 419562722 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1070035231 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1921 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	82.6% Excellent	Read 434 Write 450 Mixed 461 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 17.8 111% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 14.2 42% 84.5 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 181 181 1908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 16 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 3 (C2) HDA temperature 108 104 35 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 186 Mixed 161 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.26 130% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 17,846 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 21 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 86%

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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	5,242x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,001x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,822x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,538x
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	478x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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