MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 147% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 138% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	142% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	209% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 21:07
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 307 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 970 95% 777 Pts	64-Core 1,262 78% 1,262 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Lighting 203 Reflection 3.42 Parallax 196 165% 134 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 194 Splatting 138 127% 157 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 275GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,416 Write 1,459 Mixed 1,583 402% 1,819 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 52.8 238% 92.6 MB/s	DQ Read 610 DQ Write 420 DQ Mixed 246 256% 425 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 283%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5184 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1249 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 87 (AE) Unknown 99 99 149 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1028 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 18 42 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 22520 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10666 (F2) Unknown 99 99 10685	209% Outstanding	Read 2,008 Write 1,162 Mixed 1,388 336% 1,520 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 30.9 181% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 46.1 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 30.6 44% 78.4 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 220%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 40GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5101 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1461 (A5) Unknown 100 100 98813608318 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 564 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 371 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 67 287763988517 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1138184028430 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3743 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7841 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7199 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9213 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82% Excellent	Read 499 Write 351 Mixed 332 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 14.5 124% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 40.1 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 14.1 43% 86.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 60GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 172 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1914 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5340 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1697 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 411 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 127 127 221683 (C2) HDA temperature 112 102 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.3% Very good	Read 129 Write 137 Mixed 125 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 1,548 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 26.2 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 32 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 94%

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Typical Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) Builds (Compare 2,793 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,151x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	588x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	245x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	318x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	277x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	205x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	96x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	85x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	128x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	82x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	56x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $954

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16