MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.1% 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	195% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '22 at 14:04
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 453 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 118 Parallax 105 84% 109 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 102 Splatting 96.4 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLW128HEGR-000H1 128GB 8,655 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 188 164 164 164 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,437 Write 754 Mixed 574 SusWrite 175 162% 735 MB/s	4K Read 63.1 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 82.8 293% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 886 DQ Write 760 DQ Mixed 706 561% 784 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 317%
SSD 1TB 1TB 2,981 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 769GB free Firmware: T0910A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 295 398 410 411 408 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 390 Mixed 366 SusWrite 388 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 26.2 131% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 39.3 90% 183 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 209%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 207GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 59 58 58 59 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 65.6 Write 64.3 Mixed 50 SusWrite 58 44% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4ATF51264AZ-2G3H1R 2x4GB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 22.8 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 21 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 76%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,255x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,008x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,824x

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

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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	755x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $675

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $45	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