MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.5% 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	26.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180329
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '20 at 06:21
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (41^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-$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 (80^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 770 81% 651 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C300) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 117 Parallax 111 90% 112 fps	MRender 87.1 Gravity 106 Splatting 91.2 77% 94.7 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP S700 120GB-$30 4,522 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0330B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 21 36 9.1 21 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	26.1% Poor	Read 407 Write 194 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 24.1 34% 160 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 7.3 4K Mixed 0.5 31% 8.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 95%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 16GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 116 118 113 31 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 1,512 Write 139 Mixed 230 SusWrite 97.8 105% 495 MB/s	4K Read 60.8 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 59.7 207% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 677 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 140 167% 307 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 295%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 111 109 108 111 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 114 Write 111 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 109 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3250412CS 250GB 669 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 231GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 72 77 78 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 104 Write 106 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 76.1 63% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.3 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 95%

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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	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	206x

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 $274	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 $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