MSI Z370 GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7A98)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	65.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A98
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7A98) (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '18 at 02:09
Run Duration	575 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$179 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 901 88% 723 Pts	64-Core 1,094 68% 1,094 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.9% 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 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2773 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 182 Reflection 193 Parallax 178 148% 185 fps	Gravity 171 Splatting 120 125% 145 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT2050MX 2TB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: R060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 665 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 492 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 379 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 64 154619740186 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9156854350 (F7) Unknown 100 100 286743353 (F8) Unknown 100 100 47708457 (B4) Unknown 0 0 9184 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	98.1% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 491 Mixed 483 109% 486 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 35.7 124% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 34.3 79% 164 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 103%
WDC WDS100T1B0B- 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 455GB free (System drive) Firmware: 00WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3472 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1620 (A5) Unknown 100 100 116024935151 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 21 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1023 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 862 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 74 317828825125 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2259171410446 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9236 (EA) Unknown 100 100 16297 (F1) Unknown 253 253 13985 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12635 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65.4% Good	Read 421 Write 199 Mixed 205 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 19.4 97% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 41.6 66% 129 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 145363528 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2573 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10507424 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3328 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2124 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 12885229574 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 66 387121175 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 625 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4241 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 51539607575 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 16574278800418 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4899226797 (F2) Unknown 100 253 56582980629	96.9% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 150 Mixed 171 128% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.56 185% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 693GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 173968912 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2596 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2485292 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2139 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 61 421003289 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 655 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4436 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 55834574873 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -128342212733785 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4944903568 (F2) Unknown 100 253 152828700526	85.8% Excellent	Read 144 Write 154 Mixed 146 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.81 214% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 110%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,591 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 58GB free, PID b207 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4035 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3872 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 4255 (0A) Spinup retry count 177 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1132 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6338 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 171799805977 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 53 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 289 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	31.6% Below average	Read 75.3 Write 71.4 Mixed 70 92% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.15 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 51%
USB DISK 3.0 32GB 958 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 29GB free, PID 0331 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	8.15% Terrible	Read 26.6 Write 15.7 Mixed 13.5 22% 18.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.61 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.01 14% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.15% Great: 24%
Wilk 8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	4.05% Terrible	Read 14 Write 2.66 Mixed 4.5 7% 7.04 MB/s	4K Read 6.07 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 23% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.05% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3600C18 4x8GB 1,121 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3700 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 32.6 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 49.1 SC Mixed 31.6 99% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7A98)

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	82x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	32x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $285Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	33x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	15x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	10x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	16x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 241%, 38,097 samples	9x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	6x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	7x
CMR32GX4M4C3600C18 4x8GBCorsairBench 100%, 1,121 samples	6x
F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 106%, 1,354 samples	5x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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