MSI Z370 GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7A98)

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 126% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	133% 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	101% 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.

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	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 03:30
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 989 96% 790 Pts	64-Core 1,239 77% 1,239 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% 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: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2757 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 202 Parallax 185 154% 192 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 182 Splatting 125 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT2050MX 2TB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: R060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 100 100 940 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 652 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 495 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 64 154619674650 (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 11448017896 (F7) Unknown 100 100 358506457 (F8) Unknown 100 100 55934321 (B4) Unknown 0 0 9184 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	101% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 487 Mixed 488 109% 486 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 36.8 133% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 34.3 83% 174 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%
WDC WDS100T1B0B- 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 762GB free 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 3827 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1776 (A5) Unknown 100 100 137508291423 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 23 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1023 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 965 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 74 317828825122 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2396611281454 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10810 (EA) Unknown 100 100 18713 (F1) Unknown 253 253 16221 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16149 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.1% Very good	Read 429 Write 274 Mixed 262 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 19.3 104% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 44.1 72% 142 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 407GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47460912 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2935 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12698134 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3683 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2289 (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 404094999 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 710 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5051 (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 120559732004206 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6893996994 (F2) Unknown 100 253 57196682402	85.4% Excellent	Read 153 Write 144 Mixed 141 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 5.23 4K Mixed 0.84 222% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 273GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197519536 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2939 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2907951 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2304 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 61 420937752 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 745 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5423 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 55834574872 (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 120229019522497 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6255571453 (F2) Unknown 100 253 200713598800	69.1% Good	Read 126 Write 114 Mixed 107 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 5.26 4K Mixed 0.8 215% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.1% 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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.8 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 134%

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Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

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