MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	18.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	111% 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-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '17 at 04:14
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 84.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 260 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 837 83% 679 Pts	64-Core 1,123 70% 1,123 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E182) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Lighting 20.9 Reflection 22.8 Parallax 27.2 17% 23.6 fps	MRender 21.4 Gravity 22.2 Splatting 29.9 21% 24.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 9 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 53 50 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 564158524	111% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 396 Mixed 410 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 48.7 168% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 133 151% 261 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 351GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 71 55985425 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 75 75 25995 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 595133856 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28141 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7866 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 45 774635565 (C2) HDA temperature 45 55 47244640301 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 79 49 172238871 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	26.1% Poor	Read 42.4 Write 48.2 Mixed 51 36% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.36 76% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 42%
WD WD2000JD-00HBB0 200GB 2,211 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 70GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 118 0 (03) Spinup time 117 110 6675 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15582 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 49185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9817 (C2) HDA temperature 105 91 45 (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 200 253 9 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	30.6% Below average	Read 50.4 Write 56 Mixed 50.5 39% 52.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.35 82% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 32%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 33GB free Firmware: CC2J Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 130704105 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3891 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 616517080 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3828 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 74 74 26 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 253 (BE) vendor-specific 52 42 103904313392 (C2) HDA temperature 48 58 51539607600 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 33 130704105 (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 -10934986714011 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2363093530 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1606741233	54.9% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 95.2 Mixed 78.6 67% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.43 86% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 65%
Toshiba Ext HDD 1TB 373 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 556GB free, PID b001 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 81.9 Write 62 Mixed 57.3 82% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.18 17% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 11,534 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.7% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 11.3 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 12.8 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 64%

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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	589x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	246x

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	86x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	128x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 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 $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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