MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181024
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '20 at 16:18
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing way below expectations (14^th 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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 83.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 696 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 887 55% 887 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 155 Parallax 148 123% 151 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 137 Splatting 106 110% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 260 255 254 247 250 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 423 Write 264 Mixed 241 SusWrite 255 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 21.1 87% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 234 184% 256 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 129%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 181GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1365 1173 738 748 755 775 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,347 Write 1,510 Mixed 1,395 SusWrite 926 292% 1,294 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 71.7 227% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,420 DQ Write 1,035 DQ Mixed 1,213 910% 1,223 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 355%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GF2400C16K4 2x8GB 3,467 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.4 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.1 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 55%

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Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $102

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,242x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,003x
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	478x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	754x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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