MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.13% 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	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '18 at 15:54
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 138 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 904 89% 727 Pts	64-Core 1,149 71% 1,149 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Zotac(19DA 1040) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.13% Terrible	Lighting 9.57 Reflection 9.62 Parallax 3.47 8% 7.55 fps	MRender 8.19 Gravity 7.17 Splatting 6.39 6% 7.25 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.13% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 20171952 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -45870250721241 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 511 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 453 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 20171952 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 20171952 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 20171952 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 752 (EA) Unknown 0 0 813 (F1) Unknown 0 0 813 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1136	73.7% Very good	Read 497 Write 244 Mixed 302 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 13.3 97% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 78.4 105% 191 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 99%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 24GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1936 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2136 (E8) Unknown 100 100 10789485682 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	89.1% Excellent	Read 435 Write 374 Mixed 389 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 33.4 138% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 116 102% 143 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB 540 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 27.2 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 31.9 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 107%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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