MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1440 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	12 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '19 at 00:52
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 815 82% 666 Pts	64-Core 806 50% 806 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 115 Parallax 99.3 94% 110 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 99 Splatting 100 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 256GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70000P10 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 506 Write 456 Mixed 414 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 48.7 174% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 326 251% 342 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 97%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 356GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 93 93 93 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 131 Write 106 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 92.5 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 200% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 79%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 427GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 94 94 94 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 176 Write 152 Mixed 111 SusWrite 93.6 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$36 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 27.9 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 30.8 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 103%

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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) - $102

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,244x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,006x
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	690x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	479x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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	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 $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