MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 103%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics120% 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 Drive265% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B48
MotherboardMSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)  (all builds)
Memory9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181119
Uptime1.5 Days
Run DateJun 16 '21 at 00:48
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
84.7% Excellent
Memory 86.4
1-Core 123
2-Core 240
84% 150 Pts
4-Core 448
8-Core 654
69% 551 Pts
64-Core 663
41% 663 Pts
Poor: 79%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 101%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)
MSI(1462 7B48) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9127
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
6.45% Terrible
Lighting 7.1
Reflection 8.3
Parallax 8.1
6% 7.83 fps
MRender 9.1
Gravity 7.4
Splatting 11.2
8% 9.23 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.45%
Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.77
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
120% Outstanding
Lighting 163
Reflection 180
Parallax 170
132% 171 fps
MRender 129
Gravity 167
Splatting 120
112% 139 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 120%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
170GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 755 677 668 658 642 632 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
265% Outstanding
Read 2,170
Write 1,920
Mixed 1,494
SusWrite 672
349% 1,564 MB/s
4K Read 55.8
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 77.9
254% 88.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,427
DQ Write 1,177
DQ Mixed 1,268
959% 1,290 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 265%
Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
958GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 175 176 176 176 177 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 111
Mixed 78.7
SusWrite 175
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 102%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
63.2% Good
MC Read 24.9
MC Write 22.5
MC Mixed 19.3
64% 22.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 20.9
SC Mixed 21
54% 18.7 GB/s
Latency 70.9
56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 63.2%
Great: 90%

 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 16,509 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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HDDRAMUSB
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