MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	305% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B44
Motherboard	MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '18 at 04:05
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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-$186 746,287 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 (91^st percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 273 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 887 87% 712 Pts	64-Core 1,093 68% 1,093 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6775) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 140 Parallax 132 112% 137 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2,614 Write 1,828 Mixed 2,099 484% 2,180 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 74.8 244% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 140 140% 229 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 296%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3TB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 153296008 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6741 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 4410309118 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5646 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2651 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475229703 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 606273572 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2012 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32677 (C2) HDA temperature 36 45 81604378660 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 100 153296008 (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 62431644616012 (F1) Unknown 100 253 48627984505 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31751602785
Poor: 34% Great: 90%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 816GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 248 196 6558 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5859 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5612 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3073 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 799 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 29366 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 39 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.8% Very good	Read 111 Write 167 Mixed 154 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 98%
WD WD80EZZX-11CSGA0 8TB 694 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 691GB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 129 129 124 (03) Spinup time 231 231 17198154018 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3762 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3908 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2074 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7757 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7757 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 219044708392 (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 200 200 0	66.3% Good	Read 95.4 Write 136 Mixed 110 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.32 92% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 19.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 23 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 117%

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Gaming 111%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	372x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	163x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	92x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	88x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	81x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	33x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	33x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	34x
MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 73%, 1,032 samples	32x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	20x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $757

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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