MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	230% 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	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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 03:00
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 678 73% 581 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.5% Above average	Lighting 62.9 Reflection 66.6 Parallax 64.5 51% 64.6 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 60.2 Splatting 52 49% 61.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 875 602 306 302 308 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,178 Write 1,446 Mixed 601 SusWrite 450 258% 1,169 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 56.1 234% 86.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1056 DQ Write 955 DQ Mixed 692 605% 901 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 236%
SanDisk SSD Plus 960GB-$90 2,663 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 273GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 360 387 173 154 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 456 Write 409 Mixed 367 SusWrite 263 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 21.9 125% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 34.7 86% 176 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 78%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 535GB free Firmware: JA0OA590 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 87 87 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 83.2 Write 87.2 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 87.9 53% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 57%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 910GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 139 138 137 139 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 134 Write 122 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 138 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 28.2 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 29.1 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 101%

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Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

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	3,003x
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