MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	84.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	211% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 03:36
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 296 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 982 96% 789 Pts	64-Core 1,254 78% 1,254 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 107 86% 109 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 102 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 2,091 Write 1,125 Mixed 1,143 320% 1,453 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 27.2 189% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 58.2 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 24.9 41% 75.4 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 236%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 83GB free Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^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 4239 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 956 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 13 (A3) Unknown 100 100 268 (94) Unknown 100 100 71502 (95) Unknown 100 100 912 (96) Unknown 100 100 800 (97) Unknown 100 100 883 (A4) Unknown 100 100 28801 (A5) Unknown 100 100 56 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 145 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 50771566329892 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 111710 (F2) Unknown 100 100 367113 (F5) Unknown 100 100 170105 (F6) Unknown 100 100 143004 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77.4% Very good	Read 495 Write 264 Mixed 271 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 22.3 105% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 44.2 83% 168 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 91%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 76GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 172 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2116 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 306 (94) Unknown 255 255 415 (95) Unknown 255 255 239 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 12 (AA) Unknown 100 100 14 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327690 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 188978561060 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 692 (F1) Unknown 100 100 675 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1761 (F4) Unknown 100 100 5 (F5) Unknown 100 100 10 (F6) Unknown 100 100 33564	57.4% Above average	Read 460 Write 146 Mixed 292 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 4.66 82% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 7.07 53% 118 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 57GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21347 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1383 (B1) Unknown 87 87 269 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 296 (F1) Unknown 99 99 62108466676	114% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 416 Mixed 421 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 43.7 175% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 118 146% 259 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 666GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 69013362 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1874 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6376299 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 30065229831 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 61 605618210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1990 (C2) HDA temperature 34 12 51539607586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 69013362 (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 48060684047163 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4516373437 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7090258178	94.2% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 162 Mixed 137 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.28 98% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 392GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 111442744 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4706 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 248889859 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30612 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1905 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131337 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 53 138128523303 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 657 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 55 55 90701 (C2) HDA temperature 39 47 -140737488355289 (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 33414845585619 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35662804125 (F2) Unknown 100 253 101960437451	89.2% Excellent	Read 158 Write 153 Mixed 114 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 236GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 139 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7608 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40265 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3944 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1906 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5701 (C2) HDA temperature 107 96 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.9% Good	Read 111 Write 112 Mixed 110 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.31 99% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 27 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 33.1 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 107%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,003x
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	478x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $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 $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