MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	85.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	May 28 '18 at 12:31
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$191 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 286 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 938 90% 744 Pts	64-Core 1,162 72% 1,162 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 145 Parallax 117 96% 127 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 170 Splatting 121 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$81 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1417 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12914262403 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 178 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 53 227634446378 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1142466871562 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1477 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2822 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2285 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2937 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.7% Excellent	Read 496 Write 337 Mixed 320 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 21.3 114% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 46.4 94% 194 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 676GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 476 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4576 (C2) HDA temperature 104 101 39 (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	82.9% Excellent	Read 191 Write 97.6 Mixed 105 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.32 123% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 109%

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)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 22.1 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 31.2 SC Mixed 26.6 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 97%

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

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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 $191Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,316x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,053x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,847x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,552x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,386x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,221x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	696x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	484x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	358x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	394x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	323x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $681

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16