MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '21 at 15:49
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$102 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 663 73% 575 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 510.10 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 106 Parallax 111 98% 112 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 100 Splatting 93.5 87% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 68 43 53 31 97 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.5% Above average	Read 284 Write 85.7 Mixed 112 SusWrite 58.8 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 19.8 102% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 51.5 74% 142 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 92%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 2,004 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 565GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1194 1211 1262 1265 1289 1268 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 129%
Transcend SSD220 240GB-$35 12,548 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 223GB free Firmware: R0123A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 406 415 416 422 419 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 433 Write 412 Mixed 329 SusWrite 414 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 17.1 86% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 75.9 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 21.6 62% 126 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 93%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 387GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 112 112 112 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 99.5 Write 93 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 111 62% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 28.9 100% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 27.3 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	10	7	165	27"	1280 720	AUS2787 VG27VQ

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Typical Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) Builds (Compare 16,544 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 55%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,244x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,005x
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	479x
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 $40
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