MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95% 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	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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '21 at 21:47
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (45^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 84.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 255 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 811 77% 635 Pts	64-Core 1,022 63% 1,022 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% Gigabyte(1458 4088) CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 5350 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 496.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 291 Parallax 118 94% 175 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 118 Splatting 118 97% 118 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2441 Write 2,246 Mixed 1,500 458% 2,062 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 79.7 260% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,257 DQ Write 1,038 DQ Mixed 1,130 851% 1,142 MB/s
Poor: 214% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 14GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 474 Write 456 Mixed 396 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 59.6 204% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 349 263% 353 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Adata S510 60GB 525 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 14GB free Firmware: 5.0.6c SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 63 65 65 66 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 237 Write 73.1 Mixed 112 SusWrite 63.5 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 27.8 115% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 89.8 DQ Write 73.5 DQ Mixed 71.5 56% 78.3 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D26BFSB.16FBD 1x16GB 271 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	42.3% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 12.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12.5 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 51%

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

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $249

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,272x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,017x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,830x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,542x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,371x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,209x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	692x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	481x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	355x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	758x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $683

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16