MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 50%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics64.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B48
MotherboardMSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)  (all builds)
Memory6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171221
Uptime3 Days
Run DateNov 28 '20 at 06:19
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 43%
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 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
75.7% Very good
Memory 74.5
1-Core 126
2-Core 248
81% 150 Pts
4-Core 440
8-Core 462
60% 451 Pts
64-Core 446
28% 446 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 93%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
Gigabyte(1458 3777) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2290 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
64.9% Good
Lighting 81.7
Reflection 81.2
Parallax 74.8
67% 79.2 fps
MRender 76.1
Gravity 77.3
Splatting 73.4
62% 75.6 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 64.9%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40
3GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR020
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 512
Write 461
Mixed 440
105% 471 MB/s
4K Read 41.7
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 57
198% 71.8 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 275
229% 330 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 123%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
809GB free
Firmware: MS2OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 179 180 182 186 191 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 185
Write 177
Mixed 36.6
SusWrite 183
105% 145 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 105%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
64% Good
MC Read 23.6
MC Write 25.8
MC Mixed 20.1
66% 23.2 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 21.6
SC Mixed 18.2
51% 17.9 GB/s
Latency 91.4
44% 91.4 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 64%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) Builds (Compare 16,531 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $143

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $569
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CPUGPUSSD
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HDDRAMUSB
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