MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181119
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '19 at 21:20
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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-$193 746,287 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 (89^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 272 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 850 86% 695 Pts	64-Core 1,110 69% 1,110 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.2 89% 107 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 99.4 81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,255 Write 6,708 Mixed 5,234 1,424% 6,399 MB/s	4K Read 442 4K Write 291 4K Mixed 350 1,272% 361 MB/s	DQ Read 1245 DQ Write 978 DQ Mixed 1,009 783% 1,077 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 154GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 130 145 146 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 132 Write 120 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 135 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 64GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 75 73 75 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 68 Write 57 Mixed 55 SusWrite 75.3 47% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 76%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2TB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 127 128 129 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 141 Write 125 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 128 134% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 49% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.3 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 106%

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Gaming 55%

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Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $249

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,272x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,019x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,830x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,543x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,371x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,210x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	692x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	482x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	355x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	758x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $680

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16