MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.3% 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	40.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200604
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '23 at 02:54
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$145 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 82.7 2-Core 201 69% 122 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 525 58% 458 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 23.9.2 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 169 Parallax 0.3 86% 91.8 fps	MRender 90.8 Gravity 114 Splatting 81.6 77% 95.4 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 49 1.6 29 4.9 18 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 393 Write 163 Mixed 128 SusWrite 22.5 38% 177 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 27.8 4K Mixed 17 66% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 29.2 31% 53.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 56%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 126GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 411 408 405 410 417 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 373 Write 399 Mixed 256 SusWrite 409 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 43.3 135% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 212 198% 306 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 501GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 153 151 151 154 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 150 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 152 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.2 219% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.8% 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 (80^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 30.7 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 23.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 93%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	51	23	144	31.5"	2560 1377	GBT2800 M28U

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Gaming 55%

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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 $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