MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). 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	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '18 at 22:45
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 below expectations (34^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 642 74% 576 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 133 Parallax 126 104% 129 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 119 Splatting 101 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12966 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2281 (B1) Unknown 65 65 414 (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 72 52 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 103 (F1) Unknown 99 99 69104629763	59.1% Above average	Read 487 Write 126 Mixed 120 53% 244 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 9.55 96% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 91.5 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 9.08 35% 75.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 73%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 0GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10574 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1721 (B1) Unknown 95 95 56 (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 70 54 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1123 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18616680023	87.3% Excellent	Read 507 Write 347 Mixed 353 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 21.2 129% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 69.6 86% 149 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 118%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 130GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3950 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5063 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10803 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1857 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 487 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4575 (C2) HDA temperature 114 93 29 (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	52.4% Above average	Read 112 Write 70.3 Mixed 99.1 71% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.33 94% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 70%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 132GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 227 170 3650 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4197 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3447 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 398433 (C2) HDA temperature 126 102 24 (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	29.2% Poor	Read 56.6 Write 45.3 Mixed 50.3 38% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.05 17% 0.18 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 1x8GB-$25 15,542 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 10.6 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 3.2 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 6.2 15% 5.37 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 50%

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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	2,997x
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