MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.6% 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	82.9% 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	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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	11.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 23:27
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 476 63% 474 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% XFX(1682 9385) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Lighting 49.2 Reflection 50.1 Parallax 58.7 40% 52.7 fps	MRender 50.1 Gravity 45.5 Splatting 38.3 36% 44.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 238GB free Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 1,504 Write 468 Mixed 606 187% 859 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 18 107% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 534 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 47.7 134% 294 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 144%
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7616 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1020 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 528 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4259988 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 230 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10480	82.9% Excellent	Read 506 Write 336 Mixed 417 93% 420 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 13.5 98% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 14.2 94% 215 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 614GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 159209920 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2459 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4305097 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5155 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 663 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 61 437321754 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6024 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 64424509466 (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 92041149153726 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3551689941 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4280103668	104% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 159 Mixed 180 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 375GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 30890656 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1410 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20068152 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7461 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1020 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 470810652 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 85691 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 60129542172 (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 -57857504442026 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4360938592 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12230161359	88% Excellent	Read 160 Write 147 Mixed 136 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 282GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 23 (03) Spinup time 173 170 4341 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6280 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17537 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3668 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 450 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5829 (C2) HDA temperature 115 96 32 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 42
Poor: 35% Great: 74%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 548GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 35.9 Write 36.4 Mixed 15.3 36% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2666 2OZ 2x8GB 6,330 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 24.6 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 25.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 90%

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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 $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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