MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.5% 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 Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	May 27 '20 at 21:33
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8500-$175 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 82.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 242 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 611 68% 534 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C300) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 116 Parallax 95.4 95% 109 fps	MRender 91.1 Gravity 112 Splatting 98.3 82% 101 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 187 176 163 155 149 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 347 Mixed 436 SusWrite 192 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 50.8 176% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 129%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 257GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 446 407 303 195 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 471 Mixed 403 SusWrite 319 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 53.9 180% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 262 224% 328 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 797GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 161 163 163 164 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 152 Mixed 102 SusWrite 163 113% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 9,902 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 6GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 4.1 2.8 4 3 3.9 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 19.7 Write 11.2 SusWrite 3.4 12% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M4C3200C16 4x8GB 29,525 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.2% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 120%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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