MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.4% 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	75.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190402
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '19 at 01:06
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 724 76% 611 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 89%

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: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 137 Parallax 118 105% 128 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 125 Splatting 105 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 197 194 201 196 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 479 Write 187 Mixed 198 SusWrite 196 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 12.9 128% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 77.4 89% 152 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 78%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 118GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 275 275 276 276 276 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 458 Mixed 411 SusWrite 296 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 61 215% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 230 209% 319 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 118%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 520GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 100 101 102 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 114 Write 126 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 101 73% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 72%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 168 169 171 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 164 Mixed 108 SusWrite 170 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30BESBK.8FD 2x8GB 12,876 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 27.5 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 29.8 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 107%

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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) - $102

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,244x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,005x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,823x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,539x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,367x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,205x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	689x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	479x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	754x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $528

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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