MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.1% 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	192% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210420
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '22 at 14:32
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 454 60% 447 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1631 MHz, MLim: 1827 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 127 Parallax 123 88% 119 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 108 Splatting 102 86% 106 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLW128HEGR-000H1 128GB 8,655 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 165 165 164 165 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,410 Write 749 Mixed 583 SusWrite 179 161% 730 MB/s	4K Read 62.4 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 78.9 287% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 886 DQ Write 747 DQ Mixed 713 563% 782 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 317%
SSD 1TB 1TB 2,981 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 762GB free Firmware: T0910A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 385 403 411 409 409 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 395 Mixed 359 SusWrite 389 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 25.9 137% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 40.2 95% 194 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 209%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 207GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 60 61 61 61 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 66.9 Write 47.4 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 60.2 42% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4ATF51264AZ-2G3H1R 2x4GB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 23.1 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 23.2 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 76%

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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	5,276x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,020x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,831x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,543x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,372x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,210x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	693x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	482x
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	392x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	322x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $680

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16