MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.71% 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	274% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '18 at 16:06
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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-$100 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 579 8-Core 582 78% 581 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3) 32,403 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B46) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4758 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.71% Terrible	Lighting 7.9 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8 6% 9.27 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 16.4 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.71% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2,788 Write 1,262 Mixed 1,431 401% 1,827 MB/s	4K Read 60 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 45.3 224% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 568 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 170 198% 347 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 236%
PNY SSD2SC240G5SA754D117-511 240GB 486 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 34GB free Firmware: N0530A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14633 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5785 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1430 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 57 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 225 (A3) Unknown 100 100 2 (A4) Unknown 100 100 301430 (A5) Unknown 100 100 200 (A6) Unknown 100 100 98 (A7) Unknown 100 100 147 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 154 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20293 (F2) Unknown 100 100 33036	104% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 368 Mixed 432 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 41.6 157% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 76.4 114% 213 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 30GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,414 Write 1,243 Mixed 1,406 371% 1,687 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 49.2 222% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 545 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 160 187% 331 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 236%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 155373324 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 427 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 11844759 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -68075231641061 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 293 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098370 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 59 437911578 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2386 (C2) HDA temperature 26 41 77309411354 (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 26968099651954 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9469374418 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1414669813	79.5% Very good	Read 148 Write 130 Mixed 132 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.23 78% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 2x4GB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 28.2 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 27.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 113%

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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