MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '18 at 05:26
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 949 91% 753 Pts	64-Core 1,147 71% 1,147 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 204 Parallax 181 156% 192 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 187 Splatting 130 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 232GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 109 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4128816 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 49 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 222 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 49 210454773794 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 55835492366 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 293 (EA) Unknown 100 100 356 (F1) Unknown 253 253 343 (F2) Unknown 253 253 160 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	88.5% Excellent	Read 495 Write 341 Mixed 335 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 21.6 123% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 45.2 93% 192 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 100%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 697 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 151 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 55 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4847499612	112% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 402 Mixed 411 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 48.3 175% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 129 143% 244 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 528GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 580 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 680 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 92 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1660 (C2) HDA temperature 113 106 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	96.9% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 158 Mixed 159 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.23 110% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 109%
BlackBox 500GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 458GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 115 Write 105 Mixed 80.2 74% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.2 86% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 99.8 Write 87.8 Mixed 75.6 110% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GVS 029E CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 04CD F4-2400C15-8GVS 029E CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.5 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 94%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,263x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,013x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,828x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,540x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,371x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,208x

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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	757x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $675

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16