MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '19 at 18:10
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$186 746,287 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 (93^rd percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 284 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 894 87% 714 Pts	64-Core 1,197 74% 1,197 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C2) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.7% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 84.5 Parallax 90.5 62% 83.8 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 92.6 Splatting 73.6 75% 94.9 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 930GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 127 108 120 91 87 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	21.3% Poor	Read 219 Write 103 Mixed 138 SusWrite 108 32% 142 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2.1 21% 5.07 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 55 69 77 44 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 53.7 Write 66 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 62 45% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 76% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 26.4 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 28 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91% 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 55%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $143

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,232x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,996x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,820x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,535x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,365x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,204x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	687x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	477x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	353x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	753x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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