MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.4% 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	65% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '19 at 12:38
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 311 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 603 8-Core 599 80% 601 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% MSI(1462 3680) CLim: 1663 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.1 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 94.3 Parallax 159 84% 119 fps	MRender 90.1 Gravity 111 Splatting 133 94% 111 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 240 227 248 180 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 442 Write 246 Mixed 261 SusWrite 206 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 14.4 103% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 22.6 42% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 74%
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 198GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 452 450 448 443 445 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 427 Mixed 416 SusWrite 436 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 58.7 196% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 295 241% 344 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 123%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$55 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 808GB free Firmware: AX1P2C SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 106 107 108 107 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60% Good	Read 103 Write 104 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 106 63% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CM4X4GF3000C15K4 029E CMK8GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK8GX4M2B3200C16 029E CM4X4GF3000C15K4 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 32.1 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 42.7 SC Mixed 29.3 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 55%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $249

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $192Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,283x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,022x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,834x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,544x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,373x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,212x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	693x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	483x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	356x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	392x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	322x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $682

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16