MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44)

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 128% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	129% 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	235% 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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B44
Motherboard	MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 21:36
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 159 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 626 8-Core 946 98% 786 Pts	64-Core 1,229 76% 1,229 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% 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 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 205 Parallax 175 147% 187 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 175 Splatting 127 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,286 Write 1,092 Mixed 1,139 330% 1,506 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 31.1 191% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 520 DQ Write 447 DQ Mixed 228 241% 398 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 141GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19100 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 449 (B1) Unknown 94 94 116 (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 64 46 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34626455986	115% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 413 Mixed 423 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 44.2 182% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 102 135% 246 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Samsung PM830 256GB 2,468 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 117GB free Firmware: CXM72L1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3225 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2077 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 229 (B2) Unknown 94 94 240 (B3) Unknown 94 94 456 (B4) Unknown 94 94 7608 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E9) Unknown 200 200 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 49 (EC) Unknown 99 99 85 (ED) Unknown 99 99 229 (EE) Unknown 99 99 456	78.5% Very good	Read 469 Write 373 Mixed 409 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 20.8 99% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 63.5 74% 132 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 82%
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 18GB free Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^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 100 100 180 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 51 (A3) Unknown 100 100 483 (94) Unknown 100 100 49448 (95) Unknown 100 100 704 (96) Unknown 100 100 507 (97) Unknown 100 100 668 (A4) Unknown 100 100 20454 (A5) Unknown 100 100 46 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45261055918114 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 173084 (F2) Unknown 100 100 298102 (F5) Unknown 100 100 241612 (F6) Unknown 100 100 197792 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.9% Very good	Read 493 Write 253 Mixed 270 74% 339 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 23.6 111% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 44.3 85% 173 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 454GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 167 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7024 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13803 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 254 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14356 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 33 (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	87.4% Excellent	Read 159 Write 145 Mixed 155 116% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.28 106% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 27 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 32.2 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 111%

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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	373x
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 $400Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	20x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $757

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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