MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.8% 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	265% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190824
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '20 at 20:51
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600KF-$180 65,122 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 749 82% 647 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC3) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.8% Very good	Lighting 96.2 Reflection 85.7 Parallax 82 78% 88 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 84.6 Splatting 76.6 71% 88 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Optane+ NVMe PCIe 500GB 1,939 User benchmarks, average bench 181% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 17.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 266 266 279 459 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 1211 Write 275 Mixed 452 SusWrite 302 122% 560 MB/s	4K Read 188 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 143 531% 150 MB/s	DQ Read 1,307 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 433 410% 670 MB/s
Poor: 111% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 255%
WD Re 2TB-$33 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 124 126 126 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 144 Write 134 Mixed 111 SusWrite 125 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 220% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 36 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 25.9 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 28 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 111%

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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 $192Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,281x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,021x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,834x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,544x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,372x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,211x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	693x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	483x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	355x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	760x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	392x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	322x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $679

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16