MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 129% UFO


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	142% 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	132% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). 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	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200604
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '23 at 21:17
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

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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 i7-9700K-$265 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 90.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 1,054 92% 782 Pts	64-Core 1,111 69% 1,111 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$490 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3908) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	142% Outstanding	Lighting 203 Reflection 258 Parallax 185 165% 215 fps	MRender 194 Gravity 150 Splatting 134 127% 159 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 EVO 500GB 1,156 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 521GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QEXM7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 620 620 643 627 670 669 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 657 Write 562 Mixed 558 SusWrite 642 136% 605 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 44.8 145% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 632 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 530 379% 494 MB/s
Poor: 225% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 381%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 162GB free Firmware: 111130WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 662 670 700 681 727 727 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 643 Write 599 Mixed 618 SusWrite 694 144% 639 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 42.7 134% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 638 DQ Write 392 DQ Mixed 537 394% 522 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 347%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 356GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 127 127 127 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 124 Write 100 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 126 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 138GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 83 78 78 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 90.9 Write 100 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 80.1 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.5 186% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 139 137 139 143 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 140 Write 140 Mixed 58.9 SusWrite 137 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 113%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 209 212 209 211 209 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 195 Mixed 93.6 SusWrite 210 128% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.6 334% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 136%
Sabrent 512GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 477GB free, PID 9210 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 41 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 38.8 Write 39.1 Mixed 37.6 SusWrite 41.6 54% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 12.7 4K Mixed 13.4 942% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 15.6 DQ Write 24.9 DQ Mixed 17.6 1,503% 19.4 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 77%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 424GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 136 132 138 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 131 Write 122 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 135 158% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 119% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FD 4x8GB 1,003 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 28.6 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 22.6 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 96%

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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	64	52	60	27"	1280 720	BNQ802E BenQ PD2700U

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,271x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,017x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,830x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,542x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,371x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,209x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	692x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	481x
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	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $679

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16