MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.7% 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	258% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170905
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '18 at 11:28
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 456 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 119 Parallax 109 96% 115 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,627 Write 1,272 Mixed 1,454 392% 1,784 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 30.9 207% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 366 DQ Mixed 191 184% 288 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 98GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 324 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 67 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 71 67 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 290905602	126% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 502 Mixed 508 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 52 200% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 134 147% 247 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 415GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 141 3900 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2188 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20820 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1878 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2110 (C2) HDA temperature 117 92 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72% Very good	Read 132 Write 119 Mixed 120 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.38 99% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 69%
168 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 59GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	6.62% Terrible	Read 22.8 Write 7.52 Mixed 7.82 13% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.08 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.004 26% 2.36 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.62% Great: 30%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 10GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 37.2 Write 38.6 Mixed 37.2 49% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.3 92% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FAR 3x4GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	66.1% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 21.3 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 22.1 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 79%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $102

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,242x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,003x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,823x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,539x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,367x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,205x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	689x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	478x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	754x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $528

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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