MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	296% 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	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.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7B58
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58) (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '17 at 08:49
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$199 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 148 2-Core 292 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 935 91% 749 Pts	64-Core 1,157 72% 1,157 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B58) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4758 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8% Terrible	Lighting 8.4 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.38 7% 9.49 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 7.23 Splatting 16.4 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 465GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 70 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 48 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 64 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 184709516	111% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 407 Mixed 408 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 48.4 168% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 124 144% 249 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 131%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 70 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 48 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 66 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 178605072	107% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 399 Mixed 410 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 50.8 173% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 114 100% 153 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	296% Outstanding	Read 3,032 Write 1,348 Mixed 1,413 423% 1,931 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 49.1 226% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 688 DQ Write 437 DQ Mixed 229 260% 451 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 296% Great: 254%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE16G4D30AEEA.K16FB 2x16GB 206 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 30.9 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 30.9 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

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Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58) - $185

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,275x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	302x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	132x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	302x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	187x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	135x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	94x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	85x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	84x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	61x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $1,021

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16