MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.1% 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	97.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

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

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

System	Micro-Star Z370 Gaming Infinite X(MS-B916)
Motherboard	MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44) (all builds)
Memory	21.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20170919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '23 at 23:11
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing way below expectations (14^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 122 2-Core 235 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 694 69% 561 Pts	64-Core 872 54% 872 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 368.25 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 135 Parallax 91.3 99% 116 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 129 Splatting 113 96% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 259GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 407 186 153 268 264 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 706 Write 487 Mixed 571 SusWrite 288 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 31.5 101% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 466 DQ Write 462 DQ Mixed 437 336% 455 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 144%
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 201GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 320 349 363 361 365 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 368 Write 365 Mixed 366 SusWrite 347 82% 361 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 32.1 100% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 343 255% 338 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 133%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 396GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 293 326 342 344 341 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 427 Write 382 Mixed 374 SusWrite 323 280% 376 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 31.1 5,441% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 290 2,766% 315 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 4x8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.8 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 81%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	374x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	88x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	83x

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 $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: $769

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16