MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	44.9% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '18 at 23:21
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 837 83% 675 Pts	64-Core 1,107 68% 1,107 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 204 Parallax 184 154% 192 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 183 Splatting 132 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Optane+224G 240GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 16.0 Max speed: Unknown Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 472 Write 190 Mixed 158 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 4.62 36% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 77.9 DQ Mixed 8.71 30% 65.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3045848 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 2202 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (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 66 65 588972066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 33 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 94489280546 (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 78756815306752 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3135378 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1911315	98.6% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 161 Mixed 165 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.22 92% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GB 14,178 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	80% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 22.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 25.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 97%

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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) - $143

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,231x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,996x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,820x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,535x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,365x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,204x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	687x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	477x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	353x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	753x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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