MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	83.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '20 at 03:04
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$125 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 162 2-Core 166 88% 141 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 792 89% 698 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 113 Parallax 106 85% 108 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 97 Splatting 99.5 81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 502 Write 491 Mixed 390 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 63.7 225% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 350 263% 352 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 232GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 296 295 296 296 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 490 Mixed 428 SusWrite 315 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 69.3 237% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 124GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,137 Write 2,376 Mixed 1,580 453% 2,031 MB/s	4K Read 68.1 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 95.2 326% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,830 DQ Write 1644 DQ Mixed 1,769 1,318% 1,748 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 641GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 190 188 194 193 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 155 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 192 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 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 @ 2977 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 27.7 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 28.6 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 104%

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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%

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Workstation 50%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,292x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,032x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,838x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,548x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,375x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,216x

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 $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	357x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	393x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	322x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $669

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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