MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '20 at 12:48
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 below expectations (30^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 219 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 371 42% 331 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 843B) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 20.4 Parallax 25.4 17% 22.2 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 21.3 Splatting 21.5 19% 23.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 87GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 78 77 78 78 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 448 Write 299 Mixed 307 SusWrite 117 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 31.2 131% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 196 169% 247 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 65 80 63 41 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 115 Write 122 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 59 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 195% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.4% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 20.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 19.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,232x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,996x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,820x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,535x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,365x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,204x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	687x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	477x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	353x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	753x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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