MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 148% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 140% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	141% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	193% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '18 at 00:49
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th 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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 160 2-Core 319 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 616 8-Core 998 99% 807 Pts	64-Core 1,328 82% 1,328 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Lighting 202 Reflection 218 Parallax 197 164% 205 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 195 Splatting 140 127% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 188GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,336 Write 1,453 Mixed 1,503 390% 1,764 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 35.4 205% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 51.7 DQ Write 393 DQ Mixed 34.4 82% 160 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 283%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 168GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6818 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1500 (A5) Unknown 100 100 103109165444 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 564 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 380 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 67 287763988514 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1142478995726 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3743 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7945 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7296 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9287 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	81.2% Excellent	Read 498 Write 350 Mixed 331 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 19.3 128% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 39.7 DQ Write 91.6 DQ Mixed 14 25% 48.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 108%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6903 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1288 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 98 (AE) Unknown 99 99 156 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1028 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 18 40 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 25328 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11410 (F2) Unknown 99 99 11486	193% Outstanding	Read 1,985 Write 942 Mixed 1,111 296% 1,346 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 30.1 176% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 45.2 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 30.2 44% 77.4 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 220%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 472GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2453 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7057 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1736 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 420 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 302431 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 131 Mixed 105 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 84%
Seagate ST96812AS 60GB 1,054 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 29GB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 29.1 Write 36.5 Mixed 34.7 25% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.26 57% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2666 2OZ 029E CMD16GX4M2A2666C15 04CB DDR4 2666 2OZ 029E CMD16GX4M2A2666C15 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 28.5 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 29.8 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 97%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) - $160

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,152x
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	278x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	206x

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 $179	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