MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	33.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

2 month ago, 2 month ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200604
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 16:36
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$320 238,707 User benchmarks, average bench 90% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 194 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 599 62% 484 Pts	64-Core 756 51% 756 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$450 816,196 User benchmarks, average bench 106% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 143 Parallax 133 109% 137 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 0.1 107% 84.6 fps
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 117%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 266,434 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 117 72 82 62 1.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 314 Write 104 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 124 34% 157 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 19.2 4K Mixed 8.8 42% 13.8 MB/s	DQ Read 14.4 DQ Write 15.7 DQ Mixed 14.6 11% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 102%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 184,172 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 137 142 140 141 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 142 Write 130 Mixed 102 SusWrite 139 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C17 2x8GB 1,469 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 22.4 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 24.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.2% 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 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 54%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $118

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $320Bench 93%, 532,704 samples	4,710x
Core i5-8600KIntel $218Bench 92%, 178,623 samples	3,018x
Core i5-8400Intel $172Bench 85%, 225,330 samples	2,078x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,110,464 samples	1,924x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 816,196 samples	1,478x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	1,378x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 106%, 531,607 samples	771x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $108Bench 114%, 370,329 samples	497x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 67%, 266,434 samples	448x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples	1,041x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 403,833 samples	402x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $70Bench 84%, 101,528 samples	379x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $856

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16