MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.2% 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	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star Z370 Gaming Codex XE (MS-B913)
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '19 at 13:21
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 653 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.2% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 94.9 Parallax 86.8 80% 93.1 fps	MRender 87.1 Gravity 87.3 Splatting 90.5 73% 88.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 160 72 134 90 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 786 Write 557 Mixed 560 SusWrite 139 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 41.5 150% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 557 DQ Mixed 268 246% 366 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 157%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 55GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 113 112 120 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 93 Write 92.2 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 118 68% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 42GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 150 152 151 139 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 172 Mixed 98.2 SusWrite 147 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 115GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 53 24 28 27 25 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 141 Write 66.3 Mixed 84 SusWrite 36.7 98% 82 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 2.4 163% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 2x8GB 1,032 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	66% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 82%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,237x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,998x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,822x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,536x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,366x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,204x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	687x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	478x
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	754x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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