MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.66% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	232% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190402
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '19 at 20:14
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 732 76% 614 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B48) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.66% Terrible	Lighting 6.77 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 6.94 6% 7.99 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 5.97 Splatting 14.2 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.66% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 576 331 328 324 310 312 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 2015 Write 1,472 Mixed 1,141 SusWrite 363 277% 1,248 MB/s	4K Read 63.5 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 82 279% 97.5 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 923 DQ Mixed 998 736% 966 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 280%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 582GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 112 111 112 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 104 Write 100 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 110 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 65%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 401GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 76 76 77 77 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 59.5 Write 41.3 Mixed 47.6 SusWrite 76.3 42% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 29.5 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 30.3 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,247x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,007x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,823x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,539x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,367x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,205x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	691x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	479x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	754x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $675

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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