MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.6% 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	191% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211116
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 16 '23 at 13:43
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 361 46% 348 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 128 Parallax 118 96% 122 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 120 Splatting 110 89% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$92 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 517GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A4SANA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 706 883 1140 457 1387 1464 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,788 Write 124 Mixed 223 SusWrite 1,006 171% 785 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 37.6 115% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 592 DQ Write 384 DQ Mixed 627 430% 535 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 372%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 1TB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 100GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 33 34 34 35 35 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 50 Write 30.2 Mixed 23.9 SusWrite 33.7 44% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 41% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 11.9 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 13.1 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 47%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,155x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	591x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	246x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	318x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	278x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	206x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	96x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $152Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	86x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $950

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16