MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	153% 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 (92%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star Z370 Gaming Codex XE (MS-B913)
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 07:10
Run Duration	363 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	92%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$199 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 277 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 863 87% 707 Pts	64-Core 1,152 71% 1,152 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 197 Parallax 189 143% 187 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 172 Splatting 125 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 218GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5564 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1509 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 213 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9854716024	105% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 401 Mixed 415 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 46.4 175% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 44.3 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 117 102% 145 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 195GB free Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8648 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2799 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 144 (B1) Unknown 0 0 400 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 85356 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 96 (E7) Temperature 99 100 35 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2 (EA) Unknown 0 0 93 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14019 (F2) Unknown 0 0 31555	85.6% Excellent	Read 424 Write 278 Mixed 334 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 32.3 132% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 62.4 102% 195 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 1,376 Write 571 Mixed 787 200% 912 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 36.1 161% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 466 DQ Mixed 31.1 110% 233 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 157%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 76GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 505 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 126 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3934229927	104% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 401 Mixed 413 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 46.7 171% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 45.4 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 117 102% 145 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 219366920 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 15 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 168313 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 62 572522530 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 74 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 85899345954 (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 -100077032964091 (F1) Unknown 100 253 203770751 (F2) Unknown 100 253 80955981	95.3% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 163 Mixed 152 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 114%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 1TB 3,447 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 229GB free Firmware: 0104 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 70.4 Write 86 Mixed 65.7 56% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.44 95% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 81%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 4GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID a788 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	6.46% Terrible	Read 18.9 Write 5.89 Mixed 8.9 12% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 38% 3.35 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.46% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 2x8GB 1,032 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 21.2 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 21.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 82%

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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	1,826x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,540x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,369x
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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16