MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% 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	211% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B44
Motherboard	MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 23:15
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 740 80% 634 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C300) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 140 Parallax 118 106% 129 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 123 Splatting 104 88% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67 5,838 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 931GB free Firmware: X61110RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 34 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (A5) Unknown 100 100 65536 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 109 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 890 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 39 167504838684 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	87.2% Excellent	Read 492 Write 340 Mixed 345 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 21.7 121% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 33.1 84% 179 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 121%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 489GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 404 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 144 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 98 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 31 296353726509 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 785553973 (F7) Unknown 100 100 24648310 (F8) Unknown 100 100 11147034 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1948 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	84.1% Excellent	Read 478 Write 336 Mixed 338 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 25 107% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 39.1 92% 194 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 98%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67 5,838 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 446GB free Firmware: X61110RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1520 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8585290 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 92 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 658 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 91 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 37 158914641947 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 60130197518 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1687 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1818 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1709 (F2) Unknown 253 253 454 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	86.7% Excellent	Read 491 Write 340 Mixed 335 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 20.7 117% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 45.6 94% 195 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 121%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,975 Write 1,087 Mixed 1,136 308% 1,399 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 30 173% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 407 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 26.1 105% 238 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 29.5 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 27.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 111%

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Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

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	163x
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	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 $133	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