MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	1.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	17.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '21 at 19:06
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 516 68% 509 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 93%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 143 Parallax 132 108% 136 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 138 Splatting 0.1 61% 84.6 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 110%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3) 32,403 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B48) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9127 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.59% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 9.9 Parallax 8.3 6% 8.4 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 11.9 8% 9.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.59% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 452GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1857 767 628 625 599 626 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2,499 Write 2,216 Mixed 1,402 SusWrite 850 389% 1742 MB/s	4K Read 65.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 87.6 286% 97.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,649 DQ Write 1233 DQ Mixed 1492 1,102% 1,458 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 580GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 63 35 35 21 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 149 Write 137 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 45.9 73% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB 5,273 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 21 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 21.5 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	24.5"	1280 720	HKC0000 VIOTEK H250

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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	5,247x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,007x
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	691x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	479x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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	391x
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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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