MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170905
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '18 at 12:14
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$139 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 668 75% 589 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 71.1 Parallax 63.7 55% 67.5 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 55.5 52% 64.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 112GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2810843 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -116178865339432 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2931 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 260 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2810843 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2810843 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2810843 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1967 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2483 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2483 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3314	52.6% Above average	Read 203 Write 121 Mixed 137 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 13.4 105% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 42.5 62% 118 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 61%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 890GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 101 Write 125 Mixed 67.1 72% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.003 4K Write 0.09 4K Mixed 0.009 3% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 250GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 95 197419176 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12949 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 57 141858749064 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25732 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1933 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 421 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295229448 (BD) vendor-specific 83 83 17 (BE) vendor-specific 79 48 353304597 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 36 36 128883 (C2) HDA temperature 21 52 47244640277 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 126740189945501 (F1) Unknown 100 253 46996980574 (F2) Unknown 100 253 58346673255	74.7% Very good	Read 139 Write 122 Mixed 98.5 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.15 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.16 34% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDS5C1050CLA382 500GB 2,940 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC2OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 113 (03) Spinup time 118 118 12896764085 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5350 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 111 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 137 137 35 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25139 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4416 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5350 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5350 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 188979347478 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 111 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 33340	52% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 88.2 Mixed 94.5 69% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.19 46% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 91.9 Write 75.7 Mixed 66.8 97% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.34 49% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.9% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 120%

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Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $249

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,277x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,021x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,831x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,543x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,372x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,210x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	693x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	483x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	355x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	758x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	392x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	322x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $680

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16