MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	9.89% is a very low 3D score (GTX 1070 = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	98.6% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 01:11
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-8600K-$235 34,604 User benchmarks, average bench 102% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	SC Int 128 SC Float 135 SC Mixed 132 105% 132 Pts	QC Int 503 QC Float 532 QC Mixed 516 117% 517 Pts	MC Int 748 MC Float 793 MC Mixed 773 116% 771 Pts
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 119%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 9,629 User benchmarks, average bench 9% MSI(1462 7B46) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4758 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	9.89% Terrible	Lighting 25.1 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 29.9 8% 28.7 fps	MRender 22.2 Gravity 22.4 Splatting 38.3 11% 27.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.89% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 9,984 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 11 (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 67 64 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 64158507	98.6% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 401 Mixed 418 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 45.5 152% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 35.2 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 113 97% 136 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 121%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$43 579,172 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 2141 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 18 (C2) HDA temperature 113 111 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	95.8% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 165 Mixed 154 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.32 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.36 143% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$160 16,695 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 24.8 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 25.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 95%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Typical Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) Builds (Compare 2,284 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 115%

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Desktop 121%

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Workstation 109%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) - $140

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $320Bench 108%, 103,934 samples	983x
Core i5-8600KIntel $235Bench 102%, 34,604 samples	632x
Core i5-8400Intel $170Bench 90%, 21,361 samples	213x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $490Bench 124%, 247,201 samples	337x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $750Bench 152%, 145,784 samples	318x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $289Bench 71%, 296,559 samples	303x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $111Bench 198%, 76,444 samples	261x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 107%, 295,081 samples	211x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $121Bench 113%, 217,350 samples	161x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $176Bench 83%, 82,666 samples	152x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $181Bench 87%, 20,850 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $197Bench 91%, 49,008 samples	50x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,237

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $320	Nvidia GTX 1070 $410	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $150	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $289	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $121
Intel Core i5-8600K $235	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $160

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $176	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $44
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $951	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $59	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $219	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12