MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	1.64% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	220% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '18 at 22:13
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$219 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 86.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 270 90% 165 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 847 85% 690 Pts	64-Core 1,065 66% 1,065 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 03DA) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.64% Terrible	Lighting 2.17 Reflection 2.19 Parallax 1.94 2% 2.1 fps	MRender 1.76 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 1.78 1% 1.71 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.64% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,046 Write 1,343 Mixed 1,249 342% 1,546 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 27.3 160% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 27.2 75% 160 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206838024 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4504 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 55 12892030275 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23055 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 258 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 73 55 672268315 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30282 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 47244640283 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -82063940121596 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23773185994 (F2) Unknown 100 253 52329246630	75.9% Very good	Read 139 Write 126 Mixed 148 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 480GB free Firmware: 0001 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 76 64 42194166 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2470 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43956201 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 28694676512776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 605159450 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2294 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8405 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 38654705690 (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 -59738700119608 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8669925166 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17867653684	56.1% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 96.4 Mixed 80.3 69% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 460GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 66 64 3930385 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 805 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 61 12380458 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 137387413865653 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 65 571670553 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1995 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 34359738393 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 64 3930385 (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 -15187004358186 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11579291136 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5294719920	42.1% Average	Read 81.1 Write 63.8 Mixed 45.2 47% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.41 4K Write 5.81 4K Mixed 0.35 206% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 394GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 67901192 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4848 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 58 60141176111 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 348 (B7) Unknown 77 77 23 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 78 78 22 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 49 756482080 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 336 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19958 (C2) HDA temperature 32 51 64424509472 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 8869107467570 (F1) Unknown 100 253 237850252872 (F2) Unknown 100 253 74101305474348	67.4% Good	Read 121 Write 114 Mixed 91.2 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.37 100% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 377GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 66906856 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4313 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 146078321607 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26966 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 326 (B7) Unknown 96 96 4 (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 62 47 705757222 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 50273 (C2) HDA temperature 38 53 47244640294 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 13911399078603 (F1) Unknown 100 253 56799565785 (F2) Unknown 100 253 75026798043	65.2% Good	Read 116 Write 112 Mixed 104 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.32 96% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 265GB free Firmware: SC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197051056 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2363 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 54 21481259322 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12578 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 187 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 672399388 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7976 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 60129542172 (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 -20332375178658 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9256682459 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18664371370	48.4% Average	Read 75 Write 91.6 Mixed 77.5 61% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 7.56 4K Mixed 0.5 227% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB 810 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 98%

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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 $219Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,258x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,008x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,824x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,539x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $97Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $708

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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