MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44)

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	201% 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-7B44
Motherboard	MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44) (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	May 14 '18 at 23:05
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 276 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 919 88% 729 Pts	64-Core 1,075 66% 1,075 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 201 Parallax 194 143% 190 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 173 Splatting 122 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 256GB 2,468 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 237GB free Firmware: CXM72L1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3183 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2071 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 229 (B2) Unknown 94 94 240 (B3) Unknown 94 94 456 (B4) Unknown 94 94 7608 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E9) Unknown 200 200 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (EC) Unknown 99 99 85 (ED) Unknown 99 99 229 (EE) Unknown 99 99 456	78.5% Very good	Read 469 Write 358 Mixed 415 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 23 101% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 66.6 76% 132 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 141GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19057 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 443 (B1) Unknown 94 94 116 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 46 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34617813531	111% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 406 Mixed 416 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 45.9 175% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 103 122% 209 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 2,046 Write 972 Mixed 1,076 300% 1,365 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 25.4 174% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 57 DQ Write 369 DQ Mixed 195 155% 207 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 236%
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 18GB free Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^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 100 100 176 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 230 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 51 (A3) Unknown 100 100 483 (94) Unknown 100 100 49319 (95) Unknown 100 100 703 (96) Unknown 100 100 503 (97) Unknown 100 100 666 (A4) Unknown 100 100 20409 (A5) Unknown 100 100 46 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 41940995670046 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 172638 (F2) Unknown 100 100 297961 (F5) Unknown 100 100 241081 (F6) Unknown 100 100 197276 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	74.4% Very good	Read 487 Write 237 Mixed 261 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 22.7 102% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 43.2 80% 162 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 454GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 167 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6972 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13760 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14254 (C2) HDA temperature 115 98 28 (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	94.5% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 140 Mixed 143 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.22 103% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 109%

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 (70^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 27 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 30.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 111%

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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	164x
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	82x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	33x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	20x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $757

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