MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	9.14% 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	191% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190824
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '19 at 22:02
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9500 9,059 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 141 2-Core 250 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 814 84% 676 Pts	64-Core 799 49% 799 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 850 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	9.14% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.59 8% 10.4 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 10.7 Splatting 13.8 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 9.14% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-256G-1101 256GB 6,320 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20240001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 600 419 419 418 419 418 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,014 Write 998 Mixed 855 SusWrite 449 186% 829 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 71.9 254% 95.8 MB/s	DQ Read 853 DQ Write 1,145 DQ Mixed 718 621% 906 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 188%
Corsair Force 3 180GB-$384 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 113GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 97 93 89 101 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 125 Write 144 Mixed 131 SusWrite 97 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 27.8 138% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 134 108% 152 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 58%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 910GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 97 99 98 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 96.1 Write 103 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 98.1 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 62%
Seagate Expansion+ Desk 4TB 1,088 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 326GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 86 89 89 89 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 107 Write 119 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 85.4 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.6 193% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 9905678-005.A00G 0443 RMUA5180ME78HBF-2666 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2667, 2667 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 24.2 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 26.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

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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) - $143

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,232x
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 $95Bench 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