MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 136% UFO	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	70.4% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

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%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-8700K-$355 322,715 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	1-Core 148 2-Core 292 104% 220 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 892 95% 741 Pts	64-Core 1,184 80% 1,184 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$450 130,032 User benchmarks, average bench 101% Gigabyte(1458 37C2) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	70.4% Very good	Lighting 179 Reflection 178 Parallax 179 46% 178 fps	MRender 383 Gravity 384 Splatting 178 102% 315 fps
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$79 80,554 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 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 (80^th 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: 159% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 278%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$61 58,282 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 342GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 471 472 459 454 398 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^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: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 125%
Samsung MZVLV256HCHP-000H1 256GB 577 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 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: 79% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 154%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$33 5,299 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 412GB free Firmware: ST6OA3BC SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 90 89 90 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th 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: 27% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$65 45,485 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th 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: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 59%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 71%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $110

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $355Bench 92%, 322,715 samples	8,533x
Core i5-8600KIntel $265Bench 90%, 125,839 samples	5,823x
Core i5-8400Intel $183Bench 79%, 115,107 samples	3,914x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $230Bench 56%, 658,138 samples	4,121x
GTX 1070Nvidia $359Bench 78%, 613,412 samples	2,848x
GTX 1080Nvidia $500Bench 100%, 528,238 samples	2,818x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $57Bench 106%, 497,964 samples	1,299x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $74Bench 108%, 188,121 samples	1,224x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $107Bench 113%, 417,557 samples	895x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 84%, 231,821 samples	1,930x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 9,470 samples	695x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $70Bench 90%, 78,433 samples	664x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660 $210	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $57
Intel Core i5-9600K $240	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $270	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $107
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $185	Nvidia RTX 2060 $349	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $200

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $83	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14