MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.2% 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	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	17.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '21 at 17:30
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 712 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2060) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 104 Parallax 113 93% 111 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 101 Splatting 91.5 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$60 3,894 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8TM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 296 177 130 266 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 571 Write 703 Mixed 609 SusWrite 196 117% 520 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 50.8 188% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 118 145% 255 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 153%
Gigabyte UD PRO 512GB-$47 3,305 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 474GB free Firmware: SAFM13.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 199 229 230 229 229 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 478 Mixed 392 SusWrite 262 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 42.8 164% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 190 186% 295 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 190 191 192 191 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 151 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 191 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2666 C16 Series 2x8GB 7,618 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 25.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 27.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 94%

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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%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $102

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,242x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,003x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,823x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,539x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,367x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,205x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	689x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	478x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	754x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $528

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16