MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	229% 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	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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '19 at 17:04
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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 above expectations (89^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 239 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 706 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.6% Very good	Lighting 91 Reflection 105 Parallax 96.1 74% 97.2 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 87.7 Splatting 94.7 75% 91.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1409 596 603 603 603 604 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,373 Write 1,982 Mixed 1,391 SusWrite 736 310% 1,371 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 65.1 224% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,388 DQ Write 1,324 DQ Mixed 1307 995% 1,340 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 262%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 219GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 64 65 65 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 55.8 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 64.7 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 176 176 176 177 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 168 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 176 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
Intenso Micro Line 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 11GB free, PID 8005 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.5 3.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	1.57% Terrible	Read 3.3 Write 2.7 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 3.7 4% 2.88 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.57% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FBD2 2x8GB 2,666 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 28.8 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 25 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 99%

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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) - $249

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,267x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,013x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,828x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,541x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,371x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,209x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	691x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	480x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	757x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $686

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16