MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.97% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	198% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '17 at 13:59
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 747 77% 622 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B48) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4758 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.97% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 7.25 6% 8.23 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 6.27 Splatting 14.8 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.97% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 221GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 46 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 93 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 47 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1084339482	115% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 396 Mixed 418 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 49.1 182% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 115 142% 252 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,897 Write 1,156 Mixed 1,193 313% 1,416 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 24.8 164% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 54.7 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 26 39% 71.5 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 177GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164439712 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 528 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47647510 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 891 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 381 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 572063777 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2103 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 98784247841 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 38199439131392 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13640628948 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36103974836	68.5% Good	Read 121 Write 118 Mixed 112 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 26 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 28.5 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 97%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,264x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,013x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,828x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,540x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,371x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,209x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	691x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	480x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $675

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16