MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% 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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180803
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '19 at 22:31
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$128 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 91 2-Core 178 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 519 55% 438 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.3.1 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.5% Above average	Lighting 64.1 Reflection 73.3 Parallax 83.7 52% 73.7 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 66.3 Splatting 58.4 53% 65.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 11,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 381 379 402 397 395 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 481 Mixed 335 SusWrite 391 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 49.3 176% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 284 232% 331 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 118%
Gigastone Prime Series 128GB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 109GB free Firmware: Q0120B SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 418 399 428 431 421 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 503 Write 416 Mixed 389 SusWrite 419 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 15.9 120% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 77.4 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 19.9 64% 133 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 536GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 171 169 175 175 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 150 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 172 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 105GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 98 104 103 100 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 92.5 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 101 64% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C14 Series 2x8GB 194 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.1 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 105%

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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) - $249

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,278x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,021x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,831x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,543x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,372x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,211x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	693x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	483x
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	392x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	322x

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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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16