MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.5% 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	77.2% 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.

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	11.6 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 15:22
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th 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 (80^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 263 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 763 81% 644 Pts	64-Core 752 47% 752 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94.7% 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: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 114 Parallax 106 100% 114 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 80.8 82% 103 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.5% 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: 192 74 55 34 67 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 474 Write 347 Mixed 325 SusWrite 79.8 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 39.8 145% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 94.9 DQ Mixed 111 103% 166 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 82%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 631GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 421 462 475 474 475 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 469 Mixed 445 SusWrite 437 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 56.9 195% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 889GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 184 186 185 186 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 188 Mixed 38 SusWrite 184 108% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 106% 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 as expected (56^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 23.5 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 99%

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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-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $249

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,260x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,009x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,826x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,539x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,369x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,206x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	691x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	480x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	757x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16