MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.1% 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	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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1842 x 1036 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210420
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 30 '21 at 19:08
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 82.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 779 82% 655 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 90.8% 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 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 113 Parallax 104 85% 107 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 105 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,627 Write 7124 Mixed 7,176 1,632% 7,309 MB/s	4K Read 640 4K Write 309 4K Mixed 364 1,600% 438 MB/s	DQ Read 1,890 DQ Write 1224 DQ Mixed 1,317 1,047% 1,477 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Transcend TS512GMTE110S 512GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 256GB free Firmware: T0609B0L SusWrite @10s intervals: 1359 1334 1351 1321 1326 1313 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,220 Write 603 Mixed 604 SusWrite 1334 211% 940 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 22.3 177% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 667 DQ Write 1,040 DQ Mixed 420 440% 709 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 240%
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 110GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 137 140 140 140 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 417 Write 142 Mixed 184 SusWrite 134 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 39.5 154% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 133 109% 158 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 79%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 279GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 89 89 89 89 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 135 Write 121 Mixed 62 SusWrite 89.4 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3600 C17 2x16GB 5,282 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.1 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 25.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 135%

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Gaming 55%

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Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $102

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,242x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,004x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,823x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,539x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,367x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,205x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	689x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	478x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	754x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $528

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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