MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.3% 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	107% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '19 at 19:45
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 845 83% 681 Pts	64-Core 1,071 66% 1,071 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3995 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 91.3 Parallax 79.7 66% 83.8 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 128 Splatting 101 109% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 400 411 410 411 412 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 370 Write 418 Mixed 262 SusWrite 407 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 40.8 175% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 318 242% 325 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 718GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 460 464 465 426 430 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 472 Mixed 427 SusWrite 451 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 59.4 205% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 306 246% 346 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 123%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 423GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 480 483 484 425 288 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 492 Mixed 464 SusWrite 440 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 63.8 222% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 129%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 196GB free Firmware: 03.00C10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 102 102 102 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 99.7 Mixed 71 SusWrite 101 69% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 260GB free Firmware: CC98 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 97 90 95 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 112 Write 124 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 92.5 66% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 2.4 2.3 1.5 2.6 4.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 112 Write 1.5 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 2.5 21% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1 161% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.1 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 106%

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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) - $102

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,241x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,001x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,822x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,538x
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	478x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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