MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	130% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '18 at 16:41
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	60%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$177 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 273 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 837 86% 692 Pts	64-Core 1,116 69% 1,116 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 12AD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 121 Parallax 130 102% 125 fps	MRender 166 Gravity 125 Splatting 97.7 102% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$137 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 796GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 453 480 480 483 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 485 Mixed 451 SusWrite 476 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61.5 208% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
USB DISK 3.0 64GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 28GB free, PID 1031 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 39 39 39 38 29 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	Read 104 Write 41.2 Mixed 7.2 SusWrite 35 51% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1.4 90% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$50 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.8% Good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 19.8 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 22.9 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 104%

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

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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 $177Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,335x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,074x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,853x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,560x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,393x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,230x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	698x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	484x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	361x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	395x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $33Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	324x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $673

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