MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	235% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B58
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '18 at 19:14
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 259 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 654 75% 583 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 75.5 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 65.6 62% 72.6 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 71.9 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1336 309 310 306 309 311 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,108 Write 1,364 Mixed 1105 SusWrite 480 280% 1,264 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 66.1 231% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 968 DQ Write 1,306 DQ Mixed 974 781% 1,083 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 280%
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB-$130 2,462 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 91GB free Firmware: R1311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 322 307 325 325 325 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 285 Mixed 191 SusWrite 319 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 34.9 152% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 148 154% 255 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 101%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 371GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 111 116 117 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	67% Good	Read 119 Write 120 Mixed 68 SusWrite 115 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 69%
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95 7,250 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 527GB free Firmware: NA01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 73 77 78 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 70.8 Write 56.2 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 75.6 44% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.8% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.1 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 107%

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Typical Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58) Builds (Compare 2,174 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58) - $185

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,274x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	302x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	131x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	302x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	186x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	135x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	94x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	85x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	84x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	60x

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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