MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.63% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	50.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '20 at 22:01
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$114 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 72.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 609 70% 544 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B48) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.63% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 7.03 6% 8.25 fps	MRender 7.52 Gravity 6.07 Splatting 14.7 8% 9.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.63% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB 30,897 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: UI450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 77 75 75 80 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 444 Write 274 Mixed 264 SusWrite 112 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 19.1 71% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 80.3 DQ Mixed 42.5 47% 80.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 52%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 127GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 434 302 273 277 274 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 422 Mixed 332 SusWrite 335 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 32.7 118% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 243 209% 309 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 108%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 2TB 1,922 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 989GB free, PID d010 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 122 123 122 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 116 Write 123 Mixed 28 SusWrite 122 129% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.4 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 58%
Generic USB CF Reader 2GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 2GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	1.35% Terrible	Read 2.3 Write 2.5 Mixed 2 SusWrite 2.8 3% 2.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.35% Great: 7%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 125GB 732 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 112GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.7 7.7 6.4 7.7 6.7 7.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	6.79% Terrible	Read 12.5 Write 7.5 Mixed 10 SusWrite 7.1 12% 9.27 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.2 82% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.79% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D26AFTA.16FBD 1x8GB 748 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 12.4 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 10.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 96.1 42% 96.1 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 54%

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

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,325x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,069x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,851x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,557x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,389x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,227x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	697x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	484x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	359x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	395x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $34Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	324x

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Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359