MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.7% 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	264% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 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	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200107
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	May 28 '20 at 08:28
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 456 57% 435 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 21C4) ≥ 4GB; palit gamingpro oc CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Lighting 93.5 Reflection 87 Parallax 81.8 76% 87.4 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 80.2 Splatting 75.9 75% 94.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 566GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT30Q.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1200 1528 1671 1688 1695 1256 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 1,163 Write 1,677 Mixed 1,198 SusWrite 1,506 314% 1,386 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 77.9 265% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 697 DQ Write 1,260 DQ Mixed 927 718% 961 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 305%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 813GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 152 153 154 154 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 149 Mixed 110 SusWrite 153 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 100 99 100 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 100 Mixed 85 SusWrite 99.2 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 2x4GB 15,450 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 28.7 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 27.3 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 90%

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

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,266x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,013x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,828x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,540x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,371x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,209x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	691x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	480x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	757x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16