MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.7% 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	298% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '20 at 16:21
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$102 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 748 78% 625 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% HP(103C 82FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 1997 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 96.5 Reflection 114 Parallax 95.8 79% 102 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 91.2 Splatting 100 79% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB 26,235 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB411D48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1263 1313 862 1311 1291 1314 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 2,436 Write 1167 Mixed 1,262 SusWrite 1,226 338% 1,523 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 76.3 257% 92.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,181 DQ Write 873 DQ Mixed 1043 775% 1,032 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 309%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 197GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 146 160 136 134 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 304 Write 216 Mixed 241 SusWrite 144 51% 226 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 37.2 148% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 160 122% 161 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 331GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 162 161 161 144 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 191 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 157 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.4 286% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 43.7 MC Write 44 MC Mixed 31.4 113% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 30.9 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 90%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $143

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,232x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,996x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,820x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,535x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,365x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,204x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	687x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	477x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	353x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	753x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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