MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	74.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B44
Motherboard	MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 07:42
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 815 82% 666 Pts	64-Core 990 61% 990 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 224GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,730 Write 1,225 Mixed 1,532 402% 1,829 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 34.1 186% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 32.8 98% 214 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 439 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 104 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 55 48 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3032796323	74.9% Very good	Read 528 Write 254 Mixed 300 79% 361 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 16.5 112% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 36.7 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 16.2 48% 96.6 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 862GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 214279437 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 314 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 416103 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 439 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 104 (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 68 57 554827808 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 317 (C2) HDA temperature 32 17 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 214279437 (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 -85345295138432 (F1) Unknown 100 253 267171974 (F2) Unknown 100 253 191286060	102% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 172 Mixed 154 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.27 88% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 256 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 31.4 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 30.8 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

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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 $300	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