MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170905
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 18:07
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 816 85% 685 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3777) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2040 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 83 Reflection 81 Parallax 70.6 68% 78.2 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 75.7 61% 74.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM71.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 83 83 86 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 41	77% Very good	Read 505 Write 374 Mixed 429 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 8.97 92% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 8.49 58% 124 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 102%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 915GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 6 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896895161 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 13 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 124554903579 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	109% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 191 Mixed 163 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.22 100% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 8GB 12,066 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	7.61% Terrible	Read 35.8 Write 4.27 Mixed 7.09 14% 15.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.22 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.006 23% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.61% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 2x8GB 16,105 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 29.5 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 26.9 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 100%

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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) - $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	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