MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.1% 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	232% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 21:58
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$198 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 273 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 851 83% 681 Pts	64-Core 1111 69% 1111 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.1% Above average	Lighting 61.9 Reflection 19.5 Parallax 59.2 50% 46.9 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 59.1 Splatting 53.3 49% 61.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.1% 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% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,949 Write 1,185 Mixed 1,215 320% 1,450 MB/s	4K Read 56.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 46.2 207% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 521 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 189 209% 357 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 94GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1583 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 625 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 63 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8390234562	114% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 407 Mixed 416 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 46.9 178% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 124 145% 253 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 608GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 94 28295160 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3731 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 54392300 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3390 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 554 (BC) Unknown 100 98 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 61 639959078 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 58862 (C2) HDA temperature 38 40 60129542182 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 93 264 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 99 93 264 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -37396280241656 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23385023590 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37352006810	100% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 190 Mixed 155 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.36 107% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 20 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 21.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 88%

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Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $143

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,226x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,996x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,816x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,535x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,364x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,203x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	685x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	476x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	353x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	752x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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