MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81% 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	220% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211116
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '23 at 16:20
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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-$250 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 (10^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 81.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 292 93% 172 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 1,040 92% 779 Pts	64-Core 1022 63% 1022 Pts
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 89.1% 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: 528.49 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 102 Parallax 98.8 86% 102 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 79.1 72% 89.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81% 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% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 725 537 529 523 519 514 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,126 Write 1,757 Mixed 1,501 SusWrite 558 331% 1,486 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 54.8 205% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 893 DQ Write 826 DQ Mixed 1,066 743% 928 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 355%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 55GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 76 112 97 120 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 408 Write 322 Mixed 338 SusWrite 116 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 32.7 118% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 172 161% 246 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 100%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 807GB free Firmware: 03.M0300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 78 77 78 78 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 91.9 Write 87.7 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 77.5 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 62%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 256GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 60 59 60 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 69.7 Write 74.3 Mixed 61.4 SusWrite 59.3 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.1% 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% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	69.4% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 23.1 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69.4% 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 $180Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,161x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	595x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	319x
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	97x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	87x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 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: $949

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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