MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.2% 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	204% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210421
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '22 at 11:45
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700KF-$218 32,736 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 78.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 92% 171 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 877 89% 723 Pts	64-Core 922 57% 922 Pts
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86A5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 527.37 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 101 Parallax 93.3 84% 99.1 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 94.2 Splatting 80 73% 91 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 864 743 729 731 729 718 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,648 Write 1,779 Mixed 1,264 SusWrite 752 305% 1,361 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 55.4 171% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,011 DQ Write 720 DQ Mixed 775 604% 836 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 355%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 16GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 111 78 36 44 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 245 Write 101 Mixed 324 SusWrite 63.8 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 33.3 122% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 45.6 DQ Mixed 31.1 50% 103 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 100%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 807GB free Firmware: 03.M0300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 87 87 88 87 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 85.7 Write 85.4 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 87 59% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 62%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 256GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 53 53 53 53 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 71.6 Write 71 Mixed 66.6 SusWrite 52.9 49% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-4GVR Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 04CD F4-2400C15-4GVR Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 16GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 25.3 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 21.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 84.2 48% 84.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 93%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $184Bench 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: $953

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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