MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.1% 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	96.5% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '18 at 19:13
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 786 79% 643 Pts	64-Core 791 49% 791 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.1% Very good	Lighting 98 Reflection 104 Parallax 95.1 80% 99.1 fps	MRender 87.9 Gravity 90.7 Splatting 84.6 72% 87.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 284 286 286 286 286 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 379 Write 286 Mixed 263 SusWrite 285 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 37.7 166% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 272 215% 300 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 95%
Intel 535 Series 480GB-$180 3,042 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 202GB free Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 207 234 158 166 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 475 Write 288 Mixed 321 SusWrite 200 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 25.1 4K Mixed 28.5 101% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 93.5 DQ Mixed 121 100% 148 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 69%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 415GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 410 466 453 429 430 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 464 Mixed 416 SusWrite 441 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 60.2 211% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 306 245% 343 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 125%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 666GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 104 108 91 102 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 134 Write 154 Mixed 68 SusWrite 100 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.4% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 21.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 110%

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Gaming 55%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,233x
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	1,366x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,204x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	687x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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