MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 61% Destroyer


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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	251% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '18 at 06:56
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 i5-8600K-$139 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 795 83% 667 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 67.2 67% 75.9 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 73.6 59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 60%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B46) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6094 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.94% Terrible	Lighting 8.23 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.31 7% 9.49 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 7.43 Splatting 16.5 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.94% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$50 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 233GB free Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1694 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 312 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8609005829 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 104 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 216 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 39 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 46 197569609763 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 223340265524 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 857 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1585 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1433 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1537 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.4% Very good	Read 507 Write 351 Mixed 337 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 15.1 111% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 40.4 DQ Write 82.1 DQ Mixed 14.8 24% 45.8 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 105%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,717 Write 1,235 Mixed 1,380 390% 1,777 MB/s	4K Read 62 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 37.6 213% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 66.8 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 36.8 50% 88.2 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 280%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 112GB free Firmware: CS900612 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 611 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 112 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 94 94 68 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65538 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 177	82.4% Excellent	Read 518 Write 432 Mixed 478 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 10.5 114% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 39.7 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 18.1 29% 53.9 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 116 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 604 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 112 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 495 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	111% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 181 Mixed 169 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.29 134% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 477 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 32.1 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 30.9 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 120%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,159x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	592x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	318x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	206x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	96x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	86x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
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: $959

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16