MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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.

Run History

4 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '20 at 10:50
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i5-8600K-$125 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 54.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 252 77% 147 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 768 81% 650 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 110 Parallax 104 82% 105 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 94.2 Splatting 96.5 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 493 Write 487 Mixed 358 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 59.6 210% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 348 262% 352 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 47GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 223 203 181 172 160 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 484 Mixed 391 SusWrite 221 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 63.7 220% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 355 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 259GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1796 658 658 656 655 655 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	314% Outstanding	Read 2,452 Write 1,987 Mixed 1,394 SusWrite 846 372% 1,670 MB/s	4K Read 63.4 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 87.4 289% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,774 DQ Write 1,561 DQ Mixed 1605 1,220% 1,647 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 314% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 659GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 198 196 200 200 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 166 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 198 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 800 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8.3 27% 9.33 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 8.4 24% 8.4 GB/s	Latency 145 28% 145 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 104%

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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 $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,314x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,051x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,845x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,552x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,385x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,221x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	695x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	484x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	358x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	764x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	393x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	323x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $689

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16