MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.88% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	164% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B44
Motherboard	MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44) (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 05:17
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th 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 (81^st percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 271 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 792 83% 665 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B44) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4758 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.88% Terrible	Lighting 8.27 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.34 7% 9.47 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 7.43 Splatting 16.4 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.88% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEKKA010T7 1TB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 132% 629GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109D Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 1,551 Write 537 Mixed 822 212% 970 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 48.5 170% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 428 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 181 189% 313 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 164%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 238GB free Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 1,535 Write 460 Mixed 534 183% 843 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 19.1 124% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 417 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 47.9 116% 246 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 144%
Crucial C300-MTFDDAK128MAG 128GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 105GB free Firmware: 0007 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 17820 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 602 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 32 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 597003862102 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 375 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	57% Above average	Read 345 Write 137 Mixed 195 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 4.71 99% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 3.61 49% 118 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 58%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 171 171 6416 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 595 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 378 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1655 (C2) HDA temperature 121 119 29 (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	99.5% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 170 Mixed 154 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.2 108% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 96%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 677 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 98 Write 97.9 Mixed 81.5 118% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.2 62% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1.5TB 2,135 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1TB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 41.5 Mixed 40.5 53% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.21 65% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18ASF2G72AZ-2G1B1 2x16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.1 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 25.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 78%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44)

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	374x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	164x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	92x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	88x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	82x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	33x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	33x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	34x
MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 73%, 1,032 samples	32x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	20x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16