MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.7% 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	93.7% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '20 at 21:50
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 768 80% 641 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 101%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B48) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7926 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.75% Terrible	Lighting 7.93 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 9.31 6% 9.71 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 7.17 Splatting 16.1 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.75% Great: 7%
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB; RTX 2060 Super Ventus GP OC CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.7% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 115 Parallax 121 98% 119 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 109 Splatting 98.8 101% 128 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0330AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 148 76 76 77 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 434 Mixed 386 SusWrite 148 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 46.8 162% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 243 204% 295 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 95%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 38GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 162 119 126 149 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 496 Write 428 Mixed 164 SusWrite 143 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 37.3 123% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 93.4 140% 266 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 116%
Maxtor 6L300S0 300GB-$45 2,416 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 273GB free Firmware: BACE1G20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 61 61 61 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 62.3 Write 61.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 61.4 41% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.1 159% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 36%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: HP16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 196 194 198 194 194 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 141 Mixed 81 SusWrite 194 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 32 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 29.2 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

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Gaming 55%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

Yacht

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	3,003x
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	478x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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