MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	236% 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.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 12:17
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 732 77% 615 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 152GB free Firmware: 526ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3563578 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 -2886218001515 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2176 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 45 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 5116 (BD) vendor-specific 32 84 81609883680 (C2) HDA temperature 32 84 81609883680 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3563578 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3563578 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3563578 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 48160 (EA) Unknown 0 0 37875 (F1) Unknown 0 0 37875 (F2) Unknown 0 0 39154	71.1% Very good	Read 410 Write 250 Mixed 300 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 16.3 116% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 33.2 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 13.8 47% 95.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 94%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,857 Write 1,169 Mixed 1,390 395% 1,805 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 24.8 158% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 57.2 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 27 43% 78.2 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 236%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 202GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 67 67 10620 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8221 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11149 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27896 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3933 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 48 504561694 (C2) HDA temperature 63 47 622002213 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 58157 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	49.3% Average	Read 86.7 Write 84.8 Mixed 82.1 64% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.45 103% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D26AFTA.16FBD 2x8GB 2,528 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 29.2 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 29.7 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 107%

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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