MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	61.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '18 at 10:39
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 742 71% 589 Pts	64-Core 944 58% 944 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB; MSI aero oc CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2697 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 162 Parallax 152 116% 152 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 143 Splatting 119 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4723 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 940 (64) Unknown 100 100 6035264 (65) Unknown 100 100 769248 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 80 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 94 94 1813 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1356 (B7) Unknown 99 99 18 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 167504248860 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 12 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 12 (E7) Temperature 95 95 5 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10915 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4079 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7743 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8960 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 12	61.3% Good	Read 473 Write 250 Mixed 106 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 9.21 74% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 71.3 DQ Mixed 22.6 46% 97.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 996GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 178 175 6083 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2761 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11313 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2576 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 240 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 153 153 141969 (C2) HDA temperature 123 104 27 (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	75.8% Very good	Read 144 Write 120 Mixed 123 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2091 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.3 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23.8 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 80%

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Gaming 55%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

Yacht

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	3,004x
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 $45Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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