MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	27.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 13:35
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 908 85% 708 Pts	64-Core 1,016 63% 1,016 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3603) ≥ 4GB; MSI GTX 1080-Ti CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 190 Parallax 182 149% 185 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 167 Splatting 117 109% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$34 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF300000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 46 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (A5) Unknown 100 100 86 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 306 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 44 188979675178 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 103080525848 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 266 (EA) Unknown 100 100 656 (F1) Unknown 100 100 297 (F2) Unknown 100 100 280 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	27.4% Poor	Read 486 Write 17.5 Mixed 4.7 35% 169 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 1.13 26% 5.99 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 55%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 609GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 15 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 45 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 137 (C2) HDA temperature 104 103 39 (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	88.3% Excellent	Read 150 Write 157 Mixed 127 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.28 126% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.3% 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 @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 19.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 22.5 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 86%

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

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Gaming 55%

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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	5,231x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,996x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,819x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,535x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,365x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,204x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	687x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	477x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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