MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 19:14
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 464 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Lighting 84.6 Reflection 88.4 Parallax 79.4 69% 84.1 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 77.7 Splatting 70.3 62% 77 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TY256HDHP-000L7 256GB 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT03L6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 822 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 849 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 10 (AE) Unknown 99 99 268 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1840 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 44 240519020574 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 16567499 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2646 (F2) Unknown 99 99 2770 (F9) Unknown 99 99 2646	110% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 499 Mixed 505 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 48 179% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 44 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 30.3 37% 63 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
Intel MEMPEK1W016GA 14GB 866 User benchmarks, average bench 207% 11GB free Firmware: K3110310 Max speed: Unknown Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 853 Write 145 Mixed 248 89% 415 MB/s	4K Read 170 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 106 441% 122 MB/s	DQ Read 425 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 84.7 115% 219 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 245%
WD WD5003ABYZ-011FA0 500GB 2,936 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 315GB free Firmware: 01.01S03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 134 4116 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2091 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14332 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1489 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 856 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1256 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.8% Good	Read 118 Write 101 Mixed 108 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.36 106% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 78%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 2TB-$58 5,099 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 178GB free Firmware: GT02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 123742045 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1209 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 456065811 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1015 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 58 638910502 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 384 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1771 (C2) HDA temperature 38 42 55834574886 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 11 123742045 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 0	78.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 139 Mixed 107 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 0.44 4K Mixed 0.21 70% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5244CB0-CRC 1x4GB 4,338 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	42.1% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.1 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 42%

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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 $92Bench 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 $178	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