MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.4% 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 (16%). 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	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '18 at 21:56
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 256 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 696 77% 606 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Lighting 81.6 Reflection 81.1 Parallax 78.1 66% 80.3 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 74.4 Splatting 76.6 61% 74.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2KR120H6 120GB 381 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF036E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 658 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 300 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 126 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 42 34362490913 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 126 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 392270 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 82 82 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 392270 (F2) Unknown 100 100 330668 (F9) Unknown 100 100 5068 (FC) Unknown 100 100 48	93.4% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 326 Mixed 345 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 35.6 137% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 53.6 100% 197 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 228840976 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 27 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2663129 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 62 62 639369254 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 134 (C2) HDA temperature 38 40 103079215142 (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 -519691042794 (F1) Unknown 100 253 944186600 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26126011814	75.7% Very good	Read 157 Write 108 Mixed 150 105% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.1 41% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 16,591 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 6GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 78.6 Write 5.12 Mixed 8.89 25% 30.9 MB/s	4K Read 9.09 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.02 36% 3.05 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x16GB 8,931 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	52.3% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 16 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 57%

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Gaming 55%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,235x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,998x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,821x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,536x
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	478x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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