MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	12.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '18 at 18:14
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^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-$198 746,287 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)	106% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 260 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 622 8-Core 935 97% 779 Pts	64-Core 1,166 72% 1,166 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 78.9 Reflection 79.4 Parallax 68.7 64% 75.7 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 74.4 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 509 Write 493 Mixed 407 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 66.1 226% 80.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 62GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 133 133 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 488 Write 136 Mixed 123 SusWrite 133 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 20.8 122% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 51.6 81% 160 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 73%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 11GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 638 Write 324 Mixed 423 102% 462 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 51.9 194% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 177 150% 212 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 107%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 181 181 181 181 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 151 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 181 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 27.4 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 29.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 95%

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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 $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,226x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,995x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,816x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,535x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,364x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,203x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	685x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	476x
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	752x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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