MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.4% 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	69.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190402
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '19 at 15:18
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 722 78% 622 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868E) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 102 Parallax 101 86% 103 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 86.7 Splatting 72.6 72% 91.1 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 96 53 60 53 60 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 424 Write 348 Mixed 96.2 SusWrite 80 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 34.2 124% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 97.3 DQ Mixed 112 106% 171 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 82%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 631GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 396 448 454 451 448 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 445 Mixed 432 SusWrite 420 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 55.4 187% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 889GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 182 146 176 175 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 187 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 172 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 23 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 23.4 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 99%

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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	5,231x
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 $76Bench 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