MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	187% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 00:48
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 152 2-Core 301 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 588 79% 590 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6262) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Lighting 87.5 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 72.4 71% 80.5 fps	MRender 79.8 Gravity 77.1 Splatting 77.9 64% 78.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 2,026 Write 588 Mixed 892 254% 1,169 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 35.6 167% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 476 DQ Write 414 DQ Mixed 113 175% 334 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 185%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 408GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 228708040 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1643 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 47601298007 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1350 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032856 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 521994269 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 325 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21869 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 30064771101 (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 -44796508884245 (F1) Unknown 100 253 90631364070 (F2) Unknown 100 253 92047531397	90.1% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 139 Mixed 140 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.29 84% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 112%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 241GB free Firmware: AX101U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2568 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 716 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 725 (0A) Spinup retry count 114 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 198 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2601 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 184684314648 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 87 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 270 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	42.5% Average	Read 74.6 Write 73.3 Mixed 72.6 55% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.16 65% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 62%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 36GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 83 1 5291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 726 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5490 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 491 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 193274380318 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 6 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 831	51.3% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 81.2 Mixed 84.7 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.33 83% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 77%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 6GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	9.1% Terrible	Read 22.8 Write 10.5 Mixed 16.4 19% 16.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.93 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.67 68% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.1% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x4GB 7,488 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 21.9 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 90%

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Gaming 110%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 100%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) - $160

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,151x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	588x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	245x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	318x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	277x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	205x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	96x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	85x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	128x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	82x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	56x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $954

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