MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.8% 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	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 9 months ago, 2 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	22.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '23 at 18:35
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 761 75% 614 Pts	64-Core 964 60% 964 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 536.40 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 100 Parallax 106 91% 106 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 77.3 Splatting 92.5 81% 100 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 97%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 337 316 273 242 233 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 456 Mixed 437 SusWrite 296 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 53.1 173% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 22.6 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 102%

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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 $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,162x
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	104x
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 $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: $948

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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