MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.4% 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	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	25.6 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	Jul 10 '18 at 21:37
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 85.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 267 87% 159 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 862 84% 687 Pts	64-Core 1,079 67% 1,079 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 100%

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 (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 108 Parallax 93.6 81% 100 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 98.3 80% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 69GB free Firmware: 0C3K87RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 122 98 88 90 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 480 Write 448 Mixed 144 SusWrite 142 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 30.5 117% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 136 139% 228 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 88%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 106 111 104 106 104 MB/s Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.7% Good	Read 254 Write 134 Mixed 181 SusWrite 107 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 35.3 140% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 120 95% 131 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 80%
Corsair Force LE200 SSD 240GB 4,783 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 223GB free Firmware: SBFM60.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 149 99 99 98 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 455 Write 317 Mixed 326 SusWrite 160 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 37.6 146% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 192 171% 256 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 87GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 25 27 26 26 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 63.3 Write 36.7 Mixed 26 SusWrite 26.6 28% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 32% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 308GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 65 63 66 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 84.7 Write 101 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 64.5 58% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 172 181 189 189 188 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 90%

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 below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.7% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.2 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 31.2 SC Mixed 23.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 84%

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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) - $143

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,231x
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