MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	52.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.9% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B44
Motherboard	MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '18 at 01:23
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 953 94% 770 Pts	64-Core 1,213 75% 1,213 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Lighting 65.3 Reflection 70.4 Parallax 62.8 53% 66.2 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 56.3 52% 64.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 1TB-$102 9,497 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 541GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1376272 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 123 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1334 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 60 257699807274 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12884901891 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 389 (EA) Unknown 100 100 410 (F1) Unknown 253 253 407 (F2) Unknown 253 253 20 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.9% Very good	Read 504 Write 347 Mixed 330 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 22.4 90% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 50.1 92% 187 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 120%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3TB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 234062304 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6196 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 4397987500 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5424 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2102 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475229703 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 572194849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1814 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29847 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 81604378657 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 100 234062304 (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 133659382252761 (F1) Unknown 100 253 47260580543 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30168137003
Poor: 34% Great: 90%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 816GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 215 196 8250 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5280 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5386 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2495 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 267 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27513 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 38 (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	80.9% Excellent	Read 114 Write 168 Mixed 151 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.26 90% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 98%
WD WD80EZZX-11CSGA0 8TB 694 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 713GB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 129 129 124 (03) Spinup time 177 177 17202282897 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3182 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3679 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1495 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5838 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5838 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 219044708390 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54.5% Above average	Read 94 Write 96 Mixed 104 74% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.42 84% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3360 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 27.8 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 32.5 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 110%

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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	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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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