MSI Z370 GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7A98)

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 134% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	130% 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	168% 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

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 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 04:44
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$180 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 160 2-Core 319 104% 192 Pts	4-Core 639 8-Core 1,068 104% 854 Pts	64-Core 1,332 82% 1,332 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 198 Parallax 198 148% 193 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 180 Splatting 128 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 919 Mixed 849 170% 752 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 36.5 137% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 52.5 80% 146 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 143%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 989 Write 968 Mixed 978 219% 978 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 52.4 187% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 125 134% 222 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 313%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 64 28792409 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 544 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 23723601 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 9904194587679 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 485 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 588972067 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 170 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9602 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 60129542179 (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 14096082668048 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11126294225 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14500091276	84.9% Excellent	Read 159 Write 137 Mixed 137 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 6,222 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 30.2 100% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 31.4 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 102%

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Gaming 112%

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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 $180Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	82x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	32x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $287Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $931

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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