MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	28.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	190% 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	20180308
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 19:58
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$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 (100^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 919 89% 732 Pts	64-Core 1,137 70% 1,137 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 8C97) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Lighting 36 Reflection 26.7 Parallax 32.3 29% 31.7 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 33.4 Splatting 32.8 28% 34.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 19,561 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,628 Write 890 Mixed 1,000 258% 1,172 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 54.4 175% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 33 110% 241 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 170%
Seagate ST31000524NS 1TB-$94 5,596 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 607GB free Firmware: KD03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 190928504 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 418 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4584909802 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 395 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 538312736 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 418 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 18 190928504 (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 -10389525865789 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4118745877 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4102871396	67.6% Good	Read 116 Write 120 Mixed 113 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.56 127% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 75%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,115 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1TB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 88.1 Write 94 Mixed 60.7 102% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.19 52% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB 1,795 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 19.8 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 99%

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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 $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	83x

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 $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $766

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16