MSI Z370 PC PRO (MS-7B49)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7B49
Motherboard	MSI Z370 PC PRO (MS-7B49) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171031
Uptime	25.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '19 at 15:46
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	27%

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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 i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 454 61% 454 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC3) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 99.6 Parallax 98.1 87% 101 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 81.5 76% 94.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 143 151 158 158 156 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 151 Write 108 Mixed 92.8 SusWrite 149 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3160212SCE 160GB 1,489 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 2GB free Firmware: 3.ACF Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 30.4 Write 32.7 Mixed 25.2 22% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 25.6 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 26.5 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 90%

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

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 PC PRO (MS-7B49) - $128

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	630x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	556x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	292x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	269x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	193x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	175x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	82x
XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GBAdata $60Bench 216%, 15,626 samples	81x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	65x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	58x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	56x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $556

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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