MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	257% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 12:24
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 149 2-Core 285 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 915 90% 737 Pts	64-Core 1125 70% 1125 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.9% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 81.3 Parallax 71.2 62% 76.4 fps	MRender 79.2 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 64.1 58% 71.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 131GB free Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 2058 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3799 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 26 (A3) Unknown 100 100 20 (A4) Unknown 100 100 181086 (A5) Unknown 100 100 209 (A6) Unknown 100 100 123 (A7) Unknown 100 100 181 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 279 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 49788 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 12967 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 878892 (F2) Unknown 100 100 855322 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1448688	75.6% Very good	Read 526 Write 297 Mixed 374 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 21.3 113% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 68.5 52% 67.4 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 96%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,885 Write 1,139 Mixed 1,340 391% 1,788 MB/s	4K Read 55.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 35.8 193% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 27.4 109% 245 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 236%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 465GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 139 3858 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12795 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6142 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1520 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11274 (C2) HDA temperature 108 76 35 (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	67.6% Good	Read 120 Write 115 Mixed 108 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.36 102% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 304GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 112 106 7391 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12581 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 39195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 503 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 58692 (C2) HDA temperature 117 94 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46% Average	Read 72.7 Write 87.4 Mixed 81.6 61% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GB 3,500 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 14.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 16.6 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 44.8 89% 44.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 43%

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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	589x
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 $109Bench 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