MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	225% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190824
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '20 at 21:35
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 455 59% 445 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 120 Parallax 111 90% 114 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 105 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SX6000LNP 512GB 11,097 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 453GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9002s16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 992 987 1050 1080 1077 1074 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1,834 Write 1,043 Mixed 934 SusWrite 1,043 270% 1,214 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 52.3 198% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 452 DQ Write 763 DQ Mixed 610 462% 608 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 259%
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 9GB free Firmware: R0522A0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 513 Write 388 Mixed 393 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 16.1 4K Mixed 1.2 58% 16.3 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 45.1 80% 157 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 99%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 74GB free Firmware: 10.01E04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 58 58 58 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 58.8 Write 58.4 Mixed 42.4 SusWrite 57.7 40% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 187% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.M8FH3 2x8GB 582 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 28.2 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 24.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 93%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 50%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,278x
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	1,211x

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	759x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	392x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 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 $289	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 $39	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