MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 131% 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	128% 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	202% 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	13.5 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	Mar 11 '18 at 23:31
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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-$186 746,287 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)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 160 2-Core 312 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 625 8-Core 1,038 101% 831 Pts	64-Core 1,330 82% 1,330 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% 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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 196 Parallax 176 146% 184 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 175 Splatting 121 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% 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 above expectations (66^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,335 Write 1,454 Mixed 1,595 397% 1,795 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 35.7 203% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 53.8 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 36 52% 92.4 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 283%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 168GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6677 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1473 (A5) Unknown 100 100 103108903297 (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 100 100 377 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 67 287763988512 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1142478995726 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3743 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7900 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7254 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9255 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.4% Excellent	Read 500 Write 350 Mixed 341 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 21.6 129% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 39.7 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 43.3 56% 95 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 108%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6761 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1261 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 96 (AE) Unknown 99 99 155 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1028 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 18 36 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 24576 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11121 (F2) Unknown 99 99 11142	202% Outstanding	Read 1,980 Write 1,079 Mixed 1,306 321% 1,455 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 30 180% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 46.8 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 30.7 44% 78.2 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 220%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 404GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2426 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6916 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1709 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 417 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 110 110 271950 (C2) HDA temperature 119 101 28 (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	77.2% Very good	Read 136 Write 133 Mixed 126 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.26 91% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.2% 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)	98.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 26.4 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 42.7 SC Mixed 32.4 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 94%

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Typical Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) Builds (Compare 2,792 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	587x
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 $160Bench 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 $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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