MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	39% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '21 at 00:27
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 822 83% 672 Pts	64-Core 1,044 65% 1,044 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 132 Parallax 119 96% 123 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 122 Splatting 111 90% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$36 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 3.4 3.9 15 3 172 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 438 Write 319 Mixed 304 SusWrite 61.3 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 10.6 45% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 68.1 DQ Mixed 35.4 42% 74.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 55%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 129GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 383 370 365 365 368 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 481 Mixed 421 SusWrite 385 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 64.6 216% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 770GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 130 130 129 129 129 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 169 Write 143 Mixed 104 SusWrite 129 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 28.9 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 28.4 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 106%

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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 55%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,233x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,997x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,821x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,536x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,366x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,204x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	687x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	478x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	353x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	753x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16