MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 00:08
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 886 86% 704 Pts	64-Core 1,146 71% 1,146 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 117 Parallax 102 90% 110 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 480GB-$419 593 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 134GB free Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 118 181185584 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -51883204925180 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2960 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 312 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 34362818587 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 181185584 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 181185584 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 181185584 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22302 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22939 (F1) Unknown 0 0 22939 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23211	60.5% Good	Read 425 Write 224 Mixed 294 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 17.9 77% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 82 DQ Mixed 57.1 66% 117 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 71%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1549 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 259 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (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 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 91 91 8888 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10333741690	115% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 409 Mixed 414 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 46.6 181% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 117 142% 252 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 64GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17846977 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 87308095197771 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1235 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 171 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 37 47247065113 (C2) HDA temperature 25 37 47247065113 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17846977 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17846977 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17846977 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2564 (EA) Unknown 0 0 475 (F1) Unknown 0 0 475 (F2) Unknown 0 0 657 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1900573	62% Good	Read 434 Write 117 Mixed 158 51% 237 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 15.5 115% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 84.8 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 28.1 41% 74.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 186949610 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 59 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 17991819 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 90825673409322 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (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 70 67 538640414 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 906 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 77309411358 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 64 186949610 (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 -63247688400334 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4346434382 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2620512353
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 332GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 45 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7808 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4350 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2900 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 234 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4115 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 38 (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 27 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.6% Very good	Read 136 Write 123 Mixed 124 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.33 125% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 181GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 178192568 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1947 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6305239 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5184 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1456 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 4295032873 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 521863197 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20300 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 47244640285 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 53 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 82691005353062 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8525135382 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42032951842	79% Very good	Read 151 Write 124 Mixed 128 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.23 92% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 112%

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 @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 30.1 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 29.3 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 104%

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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	590x
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 $94Bench 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 $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