MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.6% 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	194% 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

18 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200604
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '22 at 08:26
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$139 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 251 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 667 71% 564 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% HP(103C 8557) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 526.47 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 104 Parallax 106 91% 107 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 88 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT303.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1581 567 568 547 569 557 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,085 Write 2,242 Mixed 1,281 SusWrite 732 303% 1,335 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 67.1 217% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 745 DQ Write 949 DQ Mixed 1017 720% 904 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 277%
Origin Inception TLC830 Pro 2.5in 512GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 477GB free Firmware: T0929A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 441 444 443 441 445 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 435 Mixed 390 SusWrite 444 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 31.3 143% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 42.8 98% 199 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$65 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 28.4 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 27.6 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 55%

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Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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

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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