MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	197% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B44
Motherboard	MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 03:11
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 as expected (45^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 829 79% 653 Pts	64-Core 1,109 69% 1,109 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 109 Parallax 93.6 87% 103 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 99.3 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 584 267 263 263 259 256 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,786 Write 1,348 Mixed 553 SusWrite 315 221% 1,000 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 48.5 195% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1072 DQ Write 1,076 DQ Mixed 680 620% 943 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 91GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 318 309 294 317 297 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 473 Mixed 387 SusWrite 321 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 58.1 199% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 343 259% 347 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 42GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 91 91 92 91 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 481 Write 454 Mixed 357 SusWrite 120 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 39.5 152% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 180 177% 281 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 91%
SanDisk X400 128GB-$37 920 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1GB free Firmware: X4162000 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 474 Write 330 Mixed 162 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 33.2 118% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 60 DQ Mixed 93.3 99% 174 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 93%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 453GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 143 151 151 151 148 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 143 Write 144 Mixed 20 SusWrite 147 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.6% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 19.2 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 110%

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

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	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