MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 10:52
Run Duration	293 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8500-$173 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 755 79% 632 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 68 Reflection 75.6 Parallax 64.8 55% 69.5 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 58.7 53% 65.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 789GB free (System drive) Firmware: GKAOAB0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 109 109 55874814618 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 113 (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 97 97 26971 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 109 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 118 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 279173791780 (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	46.3% Average	Read 80 Write 81 Mixed 79.6 60% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.4 103% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 46%
Seagate ST3500620AS 500GB-$145 5,462 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: DE13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 135268743 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3830 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 270929962723 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17762 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3817 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 109 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 487587869 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 30064771101 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 29 135268743 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 101648991022969 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1486144195 (F2) Unknown 100 253 874365197	56.2% Above average	Read 97 Write 98.9 Mixed 87.7 71% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.39 82% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 59%
SanDisk Cruzer 16GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 21 Write 5.47 Mixed 7.24 11% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.92 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 1.3 139% 2.82 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 30.1 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 27.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 111%

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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 $300	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