MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '20 at 19:47
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (98^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 736 77% 615 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3733) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 120 Parallax 124 104% 124 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 122 Splatting 98.6 104% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC300B SATA 512GB 733 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20102P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 388 462 411 403 377 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 412 Mixed 362 SusWrite 416 79% 346 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 41.8 150% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 299 235% 327 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 105%
Samsung SM871 2.5 7mm 512GB 1,033 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 36GB free Firmware: EMM02D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 281 268 264 257 253 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 345 Mixed 332 SusWrite 276 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 61.5 217% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 346 262% 353 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 16,539 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 27.4 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 24.3 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 91%

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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	5,241x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,000x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,822x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,538x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,367x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,204x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	689x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	478x
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	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $569

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 $15	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