MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.82% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	89.8% 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	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 (12%). 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	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190402
Uptime	28.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '20 at 20:55
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 (5^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 71.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 83% 155 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 580 67% 519 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% XFX(1682 3150) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	8.82% Terrible	Lighting 11.1 Reflection 8.88 Parallax 11.1 9% 10.4 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 10 Splatting 11.1 8% 10.1 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.82% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 960GB-$80 1,195 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 805GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 421 149 156 74 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 449 Write 417 Mixed 348 SusWrite 210 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 41.8 147% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 236 196% 281 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: HP63 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 121 121 115 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 110 Write 59.8 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 119 65% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 195 193 192 190 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 159 Mixed 85 SusWrite 193 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 58 59 59 58 58 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 91.7 Write 92.2 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 57.9 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 23 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 97.5 41% 97.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 104%

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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	373x
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 $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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	20x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $757

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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