MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	25.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200604
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '23 at 22:17
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$145 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 282 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 565 58% 467 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 4069) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3900 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.29 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (143 fps cap detected)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 143 Parallax 143 116% 143 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 143 Splatting 133 114% 140 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 66 87 103 66 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	25.9% Poor	Read 382 Write 189 Mixed 52.9 SusWrite 66.8 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 11.3 18% 5.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 56%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 170GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 414 414 409 418 408 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 383 Write 408 Mixed 226 SusWrite 412 81% 357 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 40.1 128% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 205 194% 303 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 665GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 165 162 166 163 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 161 Mixed 87.6 SusWrite 164 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD2 859B BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD2 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 29.2 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 25.2 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 93%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,258x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,008x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,825x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,539x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,368x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,205x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	755x
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: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16