MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	248% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B58
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '20 at 16:21
Run Duration	323 Seconds
Run User	LBN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 275 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 899 83% 693 Pts	64-Core 1,129 70% 1,129 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 139 Parallax 117 104% 128 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 122 Splatting 105 89% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 853 644 648 638 645 645 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,495 Write 2,313 Mixed 1,378 SusWrite 679 383% 1,716 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 83 274% 96.6 MB/s	DQ Read 61.8 DQ Write 894 DQ Mixed 969 604% 642 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 340%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 303GB free Firmware: 42B1S6HA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 680 467 469 469 468 470 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2709 Write 1,985 Mixed 143 SusWrite 504 293% 1,335 MB/s	4K Read 66.1 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 87.7 303% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 756 DQ Write 931 DQ Mixed 442 445% 710 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 311%
Transcend TS480GSSD220S 480GB 5,978 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 384GB free Firmware: P0624AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 147 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 367 Mixed 386 SusWrite 145 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 48.8 168% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 208 178% 258 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 95%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 447GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 344 374 300 92 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 452 Write 433 Mixed 322 SusWrite 197 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 34.4 142% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 131 133% 211 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 669GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 159 156 159 159 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 160 Mixed 90.3 SusWrite 158 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 109%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 126 126 127 127 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 142 Write 129 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 126 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.5% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 20.1 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 104%

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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 $95Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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