MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 days ago, 14 days ago, 14 days ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '21 at 21:03
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$172 230,970 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 212 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 452 55% 415 Pts	64-Core 489 33% 489 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$359 265,704 User benchmarks, average bench 97% Asus(1043 8620) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.5% Good	Lighting 74.8 Reflection 83.6 Parallax 73.2 60% 77.2 fps	MRender 61 Gravity 80.8 Splatting 71.7 63% 71.2 fps
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 105%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$125 647,981 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 180 41 44 39 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 344 Write 175 Mixed 259 SusWrite 111 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 28.2 90% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 352 263% 349 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 134%
Intel SSDSC2CW180A 500GB VH 6 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 39GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 315 312 312 254 202 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 360 Write 348 Mixed 365 SusWrite 286 77% 340 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 37.7 122% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 348 262% 352 MB/s
Poor: 98% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$84 161,330 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 241GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 89 87 95 97 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 124 Write 123 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 90.6 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$66 33,008 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 416GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 121 122 121 121 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 78.7 Write 55.6 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 121 61% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$70 52,715 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48.6% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 12.7 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 54%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $320Bench 93%, 564,873 samples	4,759x
Core i5-8600KIntel $218Bench 93%, 181,623 samples	3,045x
Core i5-8400Intel $172Bench 85%, 230,970 samples	2,090x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,110,464 samples	1,935x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 816,196 samples	1,489x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,013,968 samples	1,393x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 108%, 494,336 samples	774x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $115Bench 114%, 389,514 samples	504x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 67%, 247,548 samples	454x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 83%, 414,186 samples	1,052x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 86%, 372,225 samples	405x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $70Bench 84%, 115,261 samples	383x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $856

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i3-10100F $130	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