MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.9% 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	259% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '20 at 11:07
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$192 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 782 70% 593 Pts	64-Core 1,004 62% 1,004 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3250) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1595 MHz, MLim: 1774 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 122 Parallax 108 89% 113 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 106 Splatting 94.7 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$164 35,257 User benchmarks, average bench 314% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM11.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1656 941 943 933 924 936 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 1842 Write 2,353 Mixed 1935 SusWrite 1,055 405% 1,796 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 77.3 252% 93.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,039 DQ Write 862 DQ Mixed 980 726% 960 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 472%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 178GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 253 253 251 249 248 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 465 Write 256 Mixed 177 SusWrite 251 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 23.6 117% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 58.1 104% 209 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 240GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 471 474 470 475 475 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 459 Mixed 407 SusWrite 474 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 56.3 194% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 721GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 170 168 168 167 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 177 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 168 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 741GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 117 117 117 116 118 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 126 Write 146 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 117 74% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.6 316% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 4000 C19 2x8GB 688 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 45.2 MC Mixed 29.4 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 44.4 SC Mixed 30.2 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%

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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 $192Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,159x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	594x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	250x

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 $94Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	83x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	56x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $961

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16