MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	72.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B44
Motherboard	MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44) (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '20 at 09:32
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^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 below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 73.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 220 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 650 63% 520 Pts	64-Core 979 61% 979 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1470) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 148 Parallax 144 108% 142 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 131 Splatting 92.7 86% 106 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 137 126 117 110 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 437 Write 232 Mixed 276 SusWrite 131 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 29.7 109% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 237 197% 287 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 170 163 175 171 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 96 Write 144 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 158 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 194% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$379 7,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 14 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 94.3 42% 94.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 102%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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