MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.5% 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	120% 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.
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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '22 at 15:49
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 865 80% 668 Pts	64-Core 1,104 68% 1,104 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2032 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 119 Parallax 110 87% 112 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 108 Splatting 108 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 472 472 472 470 474 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 468 Mixed 389 SusWrite 471 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 55.3 182% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 233 204% 305 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$79 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 195 199 196 198 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 183 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 196 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 25.8 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 28.7 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 104%

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

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Typical Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) Builds (Compare 16,584 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,263x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,009x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,826x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,540x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,370x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,207x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	691x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	480x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	757x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $688

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16