MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '22 at 03:44
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	82%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$139 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 837 88% 706 Pts	64-Core 846 52% 846 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 37D1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 164 Parallax 108 92% 128 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 90.2 86% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$88 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32B3T8EA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,193 Write 1,058 Mixed 1,022 243% 1091 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 48.3 141% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,171 DQ Write 834 DQ Mixed 706 608% 904 MB/s
Poor: 175% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 929GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 192 167 1.6 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 26.5 Write 187 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 83.2 63% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GNT 04CD F4-2133C15-8GNT 16GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 25.8 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 35 SC Mixed 25.6 76% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 84%

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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%

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Workstation 50%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $184Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,290x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,028x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,837x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,547x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,374x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,215x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	693x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	483x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	357x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	392x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $24Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	322x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $36
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16