MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.3% 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	55.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '17 at 18:25
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 722 76% 609 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 98.4 Reflection 115 Parallax 91.9 80% 102 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 100 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 56GB free Firmware: 0C3K87RA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 829 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 66 (64) Unknown 100 100 282432 (65) Unknown 100 100 68288 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 83 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1257 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 100 146030133275 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 519 (EA) Unknown 100 100 399 (F1) Unknown 100 100 460 (F2) Unknown 100 100 401 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	67.1% Good	Read 462 Write 261 Mixed 254 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 10.1 79% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 9.34 66% 156 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 88%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -123325690007443 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 269 (B5) Unknown 0 0 7 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 260 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 710183 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 710183 (F2) Unknown 100 100 743552 (F9) Unknown 100 100 33971	55.5% Above average	Read 466 Write 131 Mixed 170 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 8.2 91% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 8.93 26% 51.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 80%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 389GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 74 74 8560 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9227 (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 88 88 58869 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 696 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 2 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 85 48 252641295 (C2) HDA temperature 82 47 302972946 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 250398 (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 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	49.8% Average	Read 75.1 Write 98.3 Mixed 88.9 66% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.43 106% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 62%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 257GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 179 6733 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2578 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 49146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 388 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 309089 (C2) HDA temperature 122 90 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40% Below average	Read 76.1 Write 63.5 Mixed 61.3 50% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.19 45% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D26BFSCK.8FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBR2 859B BLS8G4D26BFSCK.8FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBR2 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 28.4 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 84%

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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 $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,263x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,009x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,826x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,540x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,369x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,207x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	691x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	480x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	757x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16