MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '18 at 14:22
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 245 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 665 73% 575 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 78.4 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 76.5 64% 78.1 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 74.7 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 13 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 62 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 259386204	104% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 413 Mixed 428 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 38.9 156% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 104 114% 188 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 129%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 213GB free Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8421055 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 52 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -8684423827487 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 491 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 258 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 24 98785820800 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8421055 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 52 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8421055 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8421055 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 36670 (EA) Unknown 0 0 27907 (F1) Unknown 0 0 27907 (F2) Unknown 0 0 29208	83.9% Excellent	Read 488 Write 232 Mixed 265 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 21.4 137% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 71.6 98% 179 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 91%
ADATA HD650 1TB 1,807 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 808GB free, PID a35a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 102 Write 38.4 Mixed 85.2 89% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.27 85% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 7,794 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 22.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 79%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $143

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,233x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,996x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,820x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,535x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,366x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,204x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	687x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	477x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	353x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	753x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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