MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (8th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 92 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	75% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B44
Motherboard	MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '22 at 06:39
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing way below expectations (8^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Memory 70.3 1-Core 64.3 2-Core 125 52% 86.4 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 261 28% 220 Pts	64-Core 155 10% 155 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75% Very good	Lighting 93.1 Reflection 85.2 Parallax 87 76% 88.4 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 90.6 Splatting 71.8 73% 92.3 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 201 241 240 241 220 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.8% Above average	Read 270 Write 234 Mixed 196 SusWrite 222 52% 230 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 33.5 4K Mixed 15.2 53% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 224 193% 285 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 54GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 119 112 101 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 67.8 Write 116 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 108 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 47% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 90%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 508GB free Firmware: 0909 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 34 53 55 57 48 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 62.8 Write 26.1 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 46.4 28% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.5 122% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 21.8 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 10.5 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 101%

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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	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