MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.6% 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	64.4% 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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '20 at 06:16
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (75^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 275 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 866 82% 682 Pts	64-Core 1,120 69% 1,120 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C300) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 128 Parallax 118 96% 121 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 121 Splatting 108 88% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 207GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2152 885 882 881 883 884 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	345% Outstanding	Read 2,688 Write 2,483 Mixed 1,918 SusWrite 1,094 458% 2,046 MB/s	4K Read 71.1 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 100 336% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1,552 DQ Write 1,406 DQ Mixed 1442 1,092% 1,466 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 345% Great: 355%
Team L7 EVO SSD 120GB 731 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 82 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 477 Write 366 Mixed 333 SusWrite 108 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 14.3 112% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 22.4 53% 107 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 64%
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 90GB free Firmware: Q0831C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 12 29 30 29 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 496 Write 425 Mixed 18.6 SusWrite 91.3 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 9.5 4K Mixed 0.7 45% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 74.2 DQ Write 11.6 DQ Mixed 0.7 11% 28.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 802GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 185 186 187 186 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 192 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 186 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.5% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 21.3 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 23.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 103%

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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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Typical Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) Builds (Compare 16,516 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 55%

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Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,233x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,997x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,820x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,536x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,366x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,204x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	687x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	478x
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 $182	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) $30	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