MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	27.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 23:13
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 574 77% 573 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.9.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 35.3 Reflection 31.6 Parallax 42.7 29% 36.5 fps	MRender 27.4 Gravity 29.2 Splatting 36.7 26% 31.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 86GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9783 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1050 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4630446414484 (A6) Unknown 100 100 194 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 269 (A9) Unknown 100 100 274 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 229 (AE) Unknown 100 100 112 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 49 210454511654 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 21080241020999 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 53366 (EA) Unknown 100 100 69699 (F1) Unknown 253 253 26671 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12369 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82.7% Excellent	Read 499 Write 333 Mixed 316 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 21.4 100% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 44 96% 202 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 101%
Goodram C50 120GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14613 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1686 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (AA) Unknown 100 100 111 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22479285 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (DA) Unknown 100 100 496 (F1) Unknown 100 100 32983	64% Good	Read 511 Write 239 Mixed 195 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 7.74 79% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 20.3 51% 106 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 71%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 166 6658 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1367 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 342 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5148 (C2) HDA temperature 109 105 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	72.5% Very good	Read 123 Write 129 Mixed 124 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.27 118% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 398GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 231183936 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3005 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 166350059 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2233 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 48 739835944 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34403 (C2) HDA temperature 40 52 68719476776 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -41261750798031 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39149824350 (F2) Unknown 100 253 135517188026	104% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 165 Mixed 127 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 5.64 4K Mixed 0.67 205% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 44GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 4408 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4479 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 39710 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2658 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 332 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4146 (C2) HDA temperature 101 85 46 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1586087 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.2% Average	Read 89.3 Write 67.6 Mixed 68.8 56% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.39 118% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 76%
SanDisk SD SDDR-289 128GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 110GB free, PID b6ba Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	23.3% Poor	Read 43.2 Write 42 Mixed 36.4 52% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.19 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 1.54 145% 2.96 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 39%
SanDisk CF SDDR-289 32GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 30GB free, PID b6ba Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 42.9 Write 41.6 Mixed 15.3 40% 33.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.76 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.8 80% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GY2800D464L16/8G 1x8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2304 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.8 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 54%

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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	5,240x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,000x
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	1,204x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	688x
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 $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: $569

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 $15	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