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 (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	67% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A98
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7A98) (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '18 at 00:00
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 848 83% 681 Pts	64-Core 1,181 73% 1,181 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.7% 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: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2793 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 185 Reflection 207 Parallax 207 151% 200 fps	Gravity 189 Splatting 135 140% 162 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 above expectations (68^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 100 100 775 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 518 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 395 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 64 154619740185 (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 9215289780 (F7) Unknown 100 100 288603401 (F8) Unknown 100 100 47965088 (B4) Unknown 0 0 9184 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	92.2% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 496 Mixed 477 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 34.1 106% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 33 68% 139 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 103%
WDC WDS100T1B0B- 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 448GB free (System drive) Firmware: 00WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3579 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1640 (A5) Unknown 100 100 124616901388 (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 100 100 871 (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 2293531148822 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9345 (EA) Unknown 100 100 16922 (F1) Unknown 253 253 14523 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14040 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	67% Good	Read 411 Write 294 Mixed 258 71% 321 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 17.6 89% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 38.4 57% 108 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 713GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 216586640 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2680 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12275622 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3436 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2150 (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 75 66 420675609 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 633 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4472 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 51539607577 (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 83026012804195 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6105696310 (F2) Unknown 100 253 56852667513	75.3% Very good	Read 139 Write 123 Mixed 133 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.007 4K Write 3.57 4K Mixed 0.04 71% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 375GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 30034200 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2696 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2697414 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3510 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2165 (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 77 61 420675607 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 664 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4727 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 55834574871 (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 24004572222694 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5997464692 (F2) Unknown 100 253 153130502975	80.7% Excellent	Read 151 Write 129 Mixed 147 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.57 178% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 110%

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 as expected (58^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 32.5 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 42.3 SC Mixed 29.3 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% 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 $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	82x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	32x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $272Bench 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 $140Bench 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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Total price: $936

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16