MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.5% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 13:30
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 1031 100% 822 Pts	64-Core 1,267 78% 1,267 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3670) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1631 MHz, MLim: 1892 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 69.9 65% 75.8 fps	MRender 81.4 Gravity 73 Splatting 61.6 58% 72 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 219GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,298 Write 1,192 Mixed 1,244 347% 1,578 MB/s	4K Read 58.4 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 52.6 229% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 562 DQ Write 417 DQ Mixed 216 236% 398 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 236%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 4949 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 898 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5978707134121 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 362 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 33 287762808875 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2439552238136 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2761 (EA) Unknown 100 100 16165 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7896 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11015 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	81.5% Excellent	Read 512 Write 348 Mixed 220 79% 360 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 5.9 105% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 3.83 69% 163 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 416GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 93807032 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6412 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 4323304265 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8925 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2397 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 51 437387290 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 707 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19852 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 55834574874 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 88841398521461 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18188281065 (F2) Unknown 100 253 107821131963	72.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 126 Mixed 120 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.19 73% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 7,253 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 30 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 31.3 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 107%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	5,246x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,007x
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	690x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	479x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	754x
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: $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 $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