MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	66% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	262% 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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '19 at 12:00
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$203 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 151 2-Core 285 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 956 94% 771 Pts	64-Core 1,267 78% 1,267 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$450 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C2) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66% Good	Lighting 59.5 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 55.8 48% 61.3 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 128 Splatting 77.5 100% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$79 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 332 329 324 317 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,419 Write 1,462 Mixed 1,325 SusWrite 340 307% 1,387 MB/s	4K Read 67 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 84.1 302% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 957 DQ Write 1361 DQ Mixed 1,006 803% 1,108 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 280%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$35 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 342GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 471 472 459 454 398 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 473 Mixed 373 SusWrite 454 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 57.6 177% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 294 240% 341 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 125%
Samsung MZVLV256HCHP-000H1 256GB 1,904 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 220GB free Firmware: BXV72H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 290 290 291 290 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 1,233 Write 293 Mixed 384 SusWrite 290 120% 550 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 38.1 184% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 964 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 423 366% 561 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 153%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 412GB free Firmware: ST6OA3BC SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 90 89 90 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	52% Above average	Read 92 Write 94.7 Mixed 52 SusWrite 88.7 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$37 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 27.9 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 30.8 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%

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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 $203Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	4,010x
Core i5-8600KIntel $235Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,310x
Core i5-8400Intel $172Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	1,371x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,048x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $359Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	928x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	533x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $118Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	367x
A400 240GBKingston $17Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	279x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	582x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	314x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	256x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $594

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $300	Nvidia RTX 3060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $25
Intel Core i5-12600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $780	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $51

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16