MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.38% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	270% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180803
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '18 at 20:20
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$125 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 740 77% 620 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 03EA) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	7.38% Terrible	Lighting 9.37 Reflection 9.23 Parallax 7.34 8% 8.65 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 6.53 Splatting 9.35 7% 8.29 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.38% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1331 303 303 304 304 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,454 Write 1,454 Mixed 1,078 SusWrite 475 301% 1,365 MB/s	4K Read 63.2 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 85.1 294% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 973 DQ Write 1,367 DQ Mixed 998 803% 1,113 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 280%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 70GB free Firmware: 5.0.2a SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 102 112 92 101 100 MB/s Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66.4% Good	Read 165 Write 171 Mixed 154 SusWrite 104 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 34.3 150% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 135 115% 168 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 89%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$150 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 277GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 69 69 69 70 70 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 61.3 Write 64.1 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 69 45% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 51%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 135 138 138 139 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 160 Write 146 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 136 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 83%
Maxtor 6B200M0 204GB-$81 1,170 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 70GB free Firmware: BANC1B70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 41 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	Read 41.1 Write 43.9 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 40.5 28% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.3 114% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS824A.M8FB 2x4GB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 23.4 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 31.4 SC Mixed 25.6 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 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	5,279x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,021x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,831x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,543x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,372x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,211x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	693x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	483x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	355x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	759x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	392x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	322x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $680

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16