MSI X370 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A35)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.1% 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	253% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A35
Motherboard	MSI X370 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A35) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180129
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 19:47
Run Duration	297 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 81.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 239 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 853 80% 665 Pts	64-Core 1302 81% 1302 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.2.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 94.2 Parallax 191 100% 136 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 125 Splatting 133 97% 116 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,733 Write 1,240 Mixed 1,477 399% 1,817 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 41.1 193% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 102 114% 193 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 236%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 117GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6267 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 949 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80526160 (AE) Unknown 100 100 261 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 33 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2623 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4333 (F9) Unknown 100 100 173043641	98% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 500 Mixed 493 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 29.3 118% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 80.4 106% 192 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 108%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 27GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3420441 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 39058432602455 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1631 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 659 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 19 41 51542294547 (C2) HDA temperature 19 41 51542294547 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3420441 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3420441 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3420441 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4520 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4337 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4337 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5857	52% Above average	Read 174 Write 157 Mixed 118 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 13.7 97% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 39.8 66% 127 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 136293472 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2581 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 160683831 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1412 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 34367602816 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 61 454164505 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 765 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16964 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 51539607577 (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 -81741817569947 (F1) Unknown 100 253 99514716277 (F2) Unknown 100 253 96719687547	86.2% Excellent	Read 154 Write 145 Mixed 119 104% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.79 217% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 387GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 171003548 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 2987570 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -53897544597492 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 68 470941722 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 77309411354 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 64 171003548 (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 -1610612735988 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7027456555 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4844101	48.2% Average	Read 94.2 Write 71.5 Mixed 55 55% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.69 4K Write 5.77 4K Mixed 0.5 274% 2.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 90%
Seagate ST9320421AS 320GB-$90 999 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 192GB free Firmware: SD13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 94 41877946 (03) Spinup time 99 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2330 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 8760848341 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5302 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 100 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1522 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 598 (BC) Unknown 100 96 4295032865 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 49 454361115 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 305 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 54390 (C2) HDA temperature 27 51 64424509467 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 34 41877946 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	39.2% Below average	Read 68.6 Write 67.9 Mixed 69.4 52% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.31 70% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 134GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 230527048 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3836 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34660488 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14888 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1794 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 76 62 403767320 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 606 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 71648 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 47244640280 (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 -132924942837126 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18564871163 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19254253907	82.1% Excellent	Read 165 Write 122 Mixed 140 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.21 77% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 112%
Kingston SNA-DC/U 250GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 63GB free, PID 6298 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 35.1 Mixed 19.9 38% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.25 68% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 31.8 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 24 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 27.4 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%

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Typical X370 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A35) Builds (Compare 45 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 78%

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Motherboard: MSI X370 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A35)

CPU
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD $60Bench 72%, 30,050 samples	12x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $225Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	9x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	5x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	3x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	3x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	3x

RAM
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GBG.SKILL $192Bench 106%, 7,103 samples	4x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	3x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	3x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $752

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

MSI X370 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A35)

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