MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	250% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B44
Motherboard	MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	Цвета: 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170830
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 22:00
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 (65^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 258 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 648 74% 578 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3669) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Lighting 88.4 Reflection 85.7 Parallax 75.2 72% 83.1 fps	MRender 82.1 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 69 62% 76.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,601 Write 1,147 Mixed 1,318 370% 1,689 MB/s	4K Read 56.9 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 50.4 222% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 60.1 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 187 152% 204 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 236%
Plextor M5S 128GB-$75 5,727 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 5GB free Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th 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 100 100 768 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3383 (B1) Unknown 100 100 150005 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 224 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1628 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 200260 (F2) Unknown 100 100 792572	76.4% Very good	Read 350 Write 208 Mixed 269 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 31.8 127% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 67.1 99% 186 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 781GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 4400 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17846 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25080 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5707 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 564 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17281 (C2) HDA temperature 118 85 29 (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	69.5% Good	Read 140 Write 102 Mixed 101 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.53 132% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$207 4,097 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 25.3 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 19.5 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 102%

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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	162x
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	87x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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