MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.74% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	60.6% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B44
Motherboard	MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 20:27
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$198 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 89.5 1-Core 141 2-Core 280 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 916 89% 732 Pts	64-Core 1,137 70% 1,137 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B44) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4974 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.74% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 7.47 7% 9.13 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 7.33 Splatting 15.3 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.74% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 84 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 59 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1475 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 365 (AB) Unknown 100 100 2 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 28 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1965 (C2) HDA temperature 66 56 188979675170 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 59 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 2 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10297388344 (F7) Unknown 100 100 323255038 (F8) Unknown 100 100 290448698 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1889 (D2) Unknown 100 100 220	60.6% Good	Read 470 Write 170 Mixed 233 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 15.3 80% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 15 54% 120 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 686GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1690 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3674 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 789 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4737 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 31 (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	92.8% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 167 Mixed 158 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.36 136% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS8213.M8FB 859B CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBR2 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	65.9% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 19.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 21 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 71%

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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 $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	371x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	162x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	87x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	91x
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 $76Bench 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 $41Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	20x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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