MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.3% 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	241% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181119
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 28 '20 at 19:06
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (99^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 210 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 684 74% 587 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 95.9 Parallax 94.9 86% 99 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 91.6 Splatting 79.6 74% 92.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 341GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1494 1030 568 582 568 591 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,460 Write 1,852 Mixed 1,274 SusWrite 806 355% 1,598 MB/s	4K Read 64 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 61 205% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,228 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 223 276% 520 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 340%
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 176GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 158 165 154 150 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 399 Write 166 Mixed 203 SusWrite 157 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 36.5 133% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 91.1 DQ Mixed 147 113% 158 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 86%
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$30 11,181 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 85GB free Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 878 441 257 221 255 273 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 1,200 Write 854 Mixed 937 SusWrite 388 188% 845 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 43.7 139% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 706 DQ Write 84.4 DQ Mixed 164 179% 318 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 223%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 766GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 92 94 91 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 96 Write 96 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 91.7 64% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 22.4 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 88%

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Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $102

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,244x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,005x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,823x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,539x
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	479x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $300	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