MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '18 at 09:38
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 624 71% 556 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B46) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4758 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.4% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 6.88 5% 7.98 fps	MRender 8.48 Gravity 6.2 Splatting 14.8 8% 9.82 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.4% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 236657070 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 88 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10974917 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 57 689766440 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 88 (C2) HDA temperature 40 24 103079215144 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 236657070 (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 115611929673930 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3525158551 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3375741163	65.6% Good	Read 137 Write 91.5 Mixed 110 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.22 75% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 113%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 128GB free Firmware: AX002V Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^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 1064 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6743 (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 94 94 2724 (0A) Spinup retry count 233 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1203 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 112 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6860 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231929675814 (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 94 94 2654 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 271 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	46.9% Average	Read 83.6 Write 79.8 Mixed 77.6 60% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.21 70% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 62%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 247GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	30% Below average	Read 67 Write 67.8 Mixed 55.9 81% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GB 8,909 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	40.6% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 11 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 12.8 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 45%

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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	587x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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