MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	95.3% 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	132% 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.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181119
Uptime	9.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '19 at 12:56
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	91%

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PC Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 71.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 232 73% 135 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 579 56% 462 Pts	64-Core 1,030 64% 1,030 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3722) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 140 Parallax 119 108% 131 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 77.4 Splatting 62.4 70% 90.2 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 156 154 151 155 147 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 1,230 Write 650 Mixed 722 SusWrite 184 154% 696 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 38 129% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 727 DQ Write 692 DQ Mixed 710 533% 709 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 259GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 254 286 296 270 234 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	71.5% Very good	Read 276 Write 276 Mixed 245 SusWrite 260 60% 264 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 31.8 102% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 276 208% 280 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 190GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 253 290 298 269 234 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 296 Write 281 Mixed 269 SusWrite 261 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 29.9 101% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 274 208% 281 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 754GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 133 135 140 128 117 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 166 Write 120 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 130 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.3 216% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 174 174 188 171 151 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 131 Write 143 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 168 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 106%
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100 1TB 1,122 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 399GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 31 31 32 29 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 27 Write 30 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 30.7 37% 26.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	67.2% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 23.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 11.1 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 98.6 41% 98.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 107%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $102

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,244x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,005x
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	689x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $528

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16