MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	234% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190824
Uptime	8.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '20 at 14:33
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$96 299,482 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 (93^rd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 674 73% 577 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 63.8 62% 70.1 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 68.5 Splatting 69.3 57% 70.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1055 527 475 471 468 783 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1692 Write 469 Mixed 976 SusWrite 630 208% 942 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 76.3 257% 91.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,060 DQ Write 1103 DQ Mixed 419 498% 861 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 311%
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 219GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 405 454 421 461 422 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 409 Write 456 Mixed 331 SusWrite 430 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 36.3 143% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 284 232% 329 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 110GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 130 110 127 134 131 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 368 Write 147 Mixed 195 SusWrite 128 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 37.7 152% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 159 121% 164 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 87%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$38 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 406GB free Firmware: 01.01V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 117 117 117 117 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 149 Write 123 Mixed 105 SusWrite 116 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.8 178% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 21.8 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 55%

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Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $249

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,277x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,020x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,831x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,543x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,372x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,210x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	693x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	482x
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	758x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	392x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	322x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $680

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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