MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics95.8% 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 Drive28.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B48
MotherboardMSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170905
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 15 '20 at 05:42
Run Duration159 Seconds
Run User SLV-User
Background CPU 15%
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 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-8400-$131
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Memory 87.4
1-Core 120
2-Core 234
83% 147 Pts
4-Core 455
8-Core 675
70% 565 Pts
64-Core 693
43% 693 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.8% Outstanding
Lighting 119
Reflection 99.7
Parallax 0.09
97% 72.8 fps
MRender 100
Gravity 97.7
Splatting 136
94% 111 fps
Poor: 78%
This bench: 95.8%
Great: 91%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata SU630 240GB
104GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1029A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 3.8 18 4.5 5.5 42 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
28.5% Poor
Read 484
Write 55.8
Mixed 9.2
SusWrite 24.6
30% 143 MB/s
4K Read 16.4
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 0.4
28% 7.6 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 28.5%
Great: 101%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59
111GB free
Firmware: UE360000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 95 90 93 88 94 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
52.6% Above average
Read 444
Write 256
Mixed 255
SusWrite 108
59% 266 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 36.5
4K Mixed 19
78% 26.1 MB/s
DQ Read 118
DQ Write 88.5
DQ Mixed 42.3
48% 82.9 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 52.6%
Great: 53%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23
4GB free
Firmware: KC48
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 98.5
Write 86.5
Mixed 56.2
60% 80.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.8
135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% Great: 88%
Hitachi HTS547564A9E384 640GB
5GB free
Firmware: JEDOA50A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 53 45 59 60 51 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
29% Poor
Read 48.5
Write 50.5
Mixed 32.8
SusWrite 52.2
34% 46 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.5
97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 29%
Great: 51%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 04CB 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.3% Very good
MC Read 28.9
MC Write 25.2
MC Mixed 22.5
73% 25.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 22.5
SC Mixed 21.4
57% 19.9 GB/s
Latency 70.2
57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 71.3%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) Builds (Compare 16,539 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 55%
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Desktop
Desktop 91%
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Workstation
Workstation 50%
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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $102

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $528
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