MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	21.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '18 at 18:29
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$188 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 275 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 849 86% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,116 69% 1,116 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 3635) 3GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 25 Reflection 23.2 Parallax 29.3 20% 25.8 fps	MRender 32 Gravity 30.5 Splatting 25 23% 29.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 846 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 35 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 64 54 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1997565184	105% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 410 Mixed 420 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 44.8 157% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 109 119% 202 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 651GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 200 193 8983 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10375 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 24056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 518 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23957 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 32 (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	54.7% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 97.8 Mixed 91.5 71% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.28 105% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 99%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 896GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101734775 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6709 (05) Reallocated sector count 85 85 651 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 1151787079 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 61750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2991 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BC) Unknown 100 98 66013 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 164 (BE) vendor-specific 72 48 538443804 (C2) HDA temperature 28 52 68719476764 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 22 101734775 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 33071248248930 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1280154752 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3334994598	62.1% Good	Read 113 Write 103 Mixed 89.8 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 440GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94617366 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14493 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4312202429 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31701 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2126 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 3866683 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 656015391 (C2) HDA temperature 31 52 73014444063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 15 94617366 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 26070451520708 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3320025984 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1789268429	49% Average	Read 88 Write 82.8 Mixed 75.4 62% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.44 97% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x16GB 13,141 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	45.5% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 12.8 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 49%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $143

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,228x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,996x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,817x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,535x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,364x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,203x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	686x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	476x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	353x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	752x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $571

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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