MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	227% 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	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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '20 at 08:02
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 731 76% 612 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 2368) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Lighting 91.2 Reflection 89.5 Parallax 79.5 74% 86.7 fps	MRender 83.2 Gravity 79.5 Splatting 71.4 63% 78.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB 42,173 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 885 938 882 520 255 253 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,537 Write 918 Mixed 948 SusWrite 622 224% 1,006 MB/s	4K Read 67 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 85.9 286% 97.5 MB/s	DQ Read 801 DQ Write 918 DQ Mixed 304 383% 674 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 236%
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 66GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 451 453 458 461 316 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 449 Mixed 444 SusWrite 431 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 56 193% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 273 230% 334 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 119GB free Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 295 293 292 292 293 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 292 Mixed 216 SusWrite 292 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 36.5 147% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 124 127% 211 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 392GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 120 121 120 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 102 Write 104 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 120 73% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 68%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 722GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 113 115 115 114 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 155 Write 116 Mixed 81 SusWrite 115 151% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.6 242% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 21.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.5 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 110%

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Gaming 55%

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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 $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,228x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,996x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,817x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,535x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,364x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,203x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	686x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	476x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	353x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	752x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $571

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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