MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	21.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '19 at 21:39
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^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-$193 746,287 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 (11^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 100 2-Core 200 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 745 68% 569 Pts	64-Core 1,000 62% 1,000 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 121 Parallax 104 92% 113 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 112 Splatting 94.8 83% 103 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0831C0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 484 Write 421 Mixed 5.5 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.1 24% 5.93 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 483GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 460 470 460 473 452 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 470 Mixed 402 SusWrite 460 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 61.5 197% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 432GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 102 102 101 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 118 Write 110 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 101 72% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 109%
QNAP TR-004 DISK00 32TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 22TB free, PID 0013 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 3.6 3.4 4.3 3.6 4.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	1.52% Terrible	Read 4.8 Write 7.7 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 3.8 7% 5.25 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.52% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 4x8GB 1,487 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 21.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 107%

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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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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $249

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,276x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,020x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,831x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,543x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,372x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,210x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	693x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	482x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	355x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	758x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	392x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	322x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $680

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16