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MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	324 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '22 at 19:51
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$123 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 73.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 80% 147 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 583 68% 527 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C307) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.5% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 132 Parallax 121 97% 124 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 126 Splatting 92.2 84% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Amd-raid WDC WDS120G2G0A- 120GB 5,294 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE360000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 3.2 8.9 6.5 22 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	5.17% Terrible	Read 1.7 Write 31.6 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 12.6 14% 19 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 6.1 1,153% 5.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 5.17% Great: 153%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 385GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 105 104 104 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 169 Write 153 Mixed 84 SusWrite 104 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 44,547 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 21.3 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 19.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 94.4 42% 94.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 116%

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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 17,671 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $160Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,595x
Core i5-8600KIntel $123Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,204x
Core i7-8700Intel $140Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,951x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,633x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,465x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,296x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	738x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	498x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $116Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	380x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	803x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	416x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $33Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	336x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $125
Intel Core i5-12600K $155	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $330