MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 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 93.9%, 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	231% 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '20 at 09:15
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^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)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 716 76% 604 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.9% 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 91.3 Reflection 89.7 Parallax 79.7 74% 86.9 fps	MRender 82.9 Gravity 79.5 Splatting 71.4 63% 77.9 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: 934 959 948 729 335 255 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,512 Write 1,036 Mixed 971 SusWrite 693 235% 1,053 MB/s	4K Read 63.3 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 83.8 287% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 811 DQ Write 938 DQ Mixed 310 390% 686 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 236%
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 66GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 449 449 454 459 332 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 454 Mixed 444 SusWrite 431 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 58.5 191% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 275 230% 333 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 123%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 119GB free Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 291 291 293 293 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 289 Mixed 220 SusWrite 292 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 37.6 155% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 126 130% 214 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 416GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 120 122 119 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 114 Write 111 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 120 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.9% 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: 118 114 115 114 115 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 157 Write 116 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 115 148% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.7 204% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 64% 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 @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 30.4 106% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 29.6 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $219Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,258x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,008x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,825x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,539x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,368x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,205x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	691x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	480x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	755x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $708

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $40	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