MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.9% 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	65.7% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '18 at 23:42
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 273 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 769 82% 654 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 135 Parallax 119 103% 127 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 129 Splatting 98.8 90% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 891 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17957084 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 54 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 438 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 60 257699610671 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 266288889918 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 517 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2399 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2011 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1621 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65.7% Good	Read 491 Write 275 Mixed 293 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 12.2 93% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 38.4 DQ Write 84 DQ Mixed 13.2 24% 45.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 103%
Jmicron Generic DISK01 8TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3GB free Firmware: 0103 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 168 Mixed 159 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.44 126% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 96%
Jmicron Generic DISK02 6TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1GB free Firmware: 0103 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 118 Write 120 Mixed 116 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.22 102% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 67%
WD Purple Surveillance 8TB (2017)-$215 256 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1GB free Firmware: 80.H0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 120 (03) Spinup time 143 143 38684983756 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 194 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2016 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 256 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 256 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 210454642728 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	94.7% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 163 Mixed 159 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.43 120% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 100%
Jmicron Generic DISK00 4TB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1GB free Firmware: 0103 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 117 Write 116 Mixed 116 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.26 82% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 94%
WD Purple Surveillance 8TB (2017)-$215 256 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1GB free Firmware: 80.H0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 116 (03) Spinup time 141 141 38685114836 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 101 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2016 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 164 (C2) HDA temperature 141 141 240519413806 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	104% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 181 Mixed 172 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.44 128% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.CAGP6.AUC0B 017A 78.CAGP6.C7Z0B 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.6% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21.3 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 75%

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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) - $249

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,263x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,009x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,827x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,540x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,370x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,207x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	691x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	480x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	757x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $688

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16