MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '20 at 15:55
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 218 88% 151 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 818 85% 682 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C726) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 145 Parallax 148 124% 148 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 109% 138 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,460 Write 2,275 Mixed 1,672 475% 2,136 MB/s	4K Read 66.9 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 87.9 303% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,645 DQ Write 1,193 DQ Mixed 974 848% 1,271 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 5GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 136 Write 94.5 Mixed 124 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 21.9 118% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 68.7 64% 99.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Samsung MZ7TE128HMGR-000H1 128GB 2,337 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 81GB free Firmware: EXT09H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 134 134 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 428 Write 136 Mixed 159 SusWrite 134 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 25.2 135% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 66.3 97% 189 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 79%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 99 102 98 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 95 Write 96.7 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 99.2 63% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 27.3 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 29.2 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 102%

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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) - $102

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,242x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,001x
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	1,205x

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 $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	754x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: $528

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 $179	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