MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '20 at 00:26
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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-$125 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 262 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 478 64% 481 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 101%

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: 440.97 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.9% Very good	Lighting 91.3 Reflection 107 Parallax 97.5 74% 98.6 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 98.5 79% 96 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,117 Write 1,059 Mixed 341 185% 839 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 37.7 176% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 288 220% 301 MB/s
Poor: 95% Great: 223%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 24GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 51 54 51 53 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 363 Write 160 Mixed 152 SusWrite 55.4 40% 183 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 16.6 81% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 81.2 DQ Mixed 28.2 44% 85.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 933GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 183 184 187 187 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 136 Mixed 80 SusWrite 184 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
INTEL_SS DSC2BA400G3C 400GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 206% 100GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 375 384 389 388 388 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	200% Outstanding	Read 301 Write 324 Mixed 290 SusWrite 376 448% 323 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 22.8 4K Mixed 19.1 1,498% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 26.6 DQ Mixed 23.9 1,803% 24.5 MB/s
Poor: 200% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 211%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 32.4 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 27.4 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 103%

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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%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $249

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $180Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,291x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,029x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,837x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,548x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,374x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,216x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	693x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	483x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	357x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: $670

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16