MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.8% 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	105% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '19 at 11:40
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 way below expectations (11^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 237 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 625 60% 492 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 125 Parallax 103 92% 114 fps	MRender 85.8 Gravity 110 Splatting 94.7 79% 97 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 375 412 411 411 389 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 417 Mixed 392 SusWrite 395 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 45.3 150% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 305 244% 343 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 125%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 8GB 2,097 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID c08a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 23.3 Write 10 Mixed 9 15% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 20% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 26 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 83.6 48% 83.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	5,231x
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	1,365x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,204x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	687x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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