MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 99.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	78.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '18 at 20:53
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 234 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 909 90% 733 Pts	64-Core 1,090 67% 1,090 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.4% 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: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 207 Parallax 180 148% 189 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 178 Splatting 127 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 240GB 10,970 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP612PE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 88 87 88 89 47 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 426 Write 406 Mixed 322 SusWrite 98.4 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 35.1 141% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 189 172% 259 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 95%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 320GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 393 413 415 417 415 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 478 Mixed 385 SusWrite 396 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 51.3 178% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 287 234% 332 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 116%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 233GB free Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 571 441 441 441 442 442 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,702 Write 1,375 Mixed 1,354 SusWrite 463 273% 1,224 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 67.8 233% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 850 DQ Write 635 DQ Mixed 800 582% 762 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 228%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 466GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 469 470 468 466 467 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 466 Mixed 443 SusWrite 468 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 55.3 181% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 291 238% 339 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 125%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 177 173 179 179 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 157 Mixed 37 SusWrite 177 96% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 4x8GB 1,487 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2424 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.1 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 35.1 SC Mixed 26.3 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 107%

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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) - $102

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,244x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,005x
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	479x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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