MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.1% 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	42.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	11 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '20 at 17:33
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 88.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 854 82% 678 Pts	64-Core 1,103 68% 1,103 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 104 Parallax 90.5 80% 97.5 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 96 77% 94.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.4 371 83 2.5 3 182 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 493 Write 446 Mixed 399 SusWrite 107 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 23.6 4K Mixed 0.2 55% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 66.3 DQ Write 2.2 DQ Mixed 0.3 9% 22.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 92%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 854GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 55 98 109 113 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 41.2 Write 54.3 Mixed 8.8 SusWrite 98 36% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.1 31% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 029E CMK32GX4M4A2400C16 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.7% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 19.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 79%

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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) - $249

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,272x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,017x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,830x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,542x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,371x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,209x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	692x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	481x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $81Bench 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	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16