MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	116% 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	349% 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-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	30.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 02:51
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 166 2-Core 332 106% 196 Pts	4-Core 664 8-Core 990 103% 827 Pts	64-Core 994 62% 994 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2622 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 166 Parallax 141 127% 154 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 150 Splatting 119 107% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 178GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,500 Write 1,209 Mixed 1,418 376% 1,709 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 50.6 197% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 681 DQ Write 480 DQ Mixed 242 272% 468 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 236%
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GB-$160 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	349% Outstanding	Read 2,369 Write 1,944 Mixed 2,267 489% 2,193 MB/s	4K Read 90.6 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 131 353% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 460 DQ Write 506 DQ Mixed 114 188% 360 MB/s
Poor: 302% ↑ This bench: 349% Great: 559%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 791GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 171 1466 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 429 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 214 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 344 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 479 (C2) HDA temperature 110 106 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	93.9% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 165 Mixed 154 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.32 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.38 141% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 791GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 176 1500 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 48 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 23 (C2) HDA temperature 110 107 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	98.5% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 174 Mixed 160 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.27 132% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 28GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 136 Write 69.9 Mixed 89.5 115% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.93 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.85 106% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.7% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.3 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 120%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) Builds (Compare 2,791 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 110%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 100%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) - $160

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $188Bench 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 $499Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	82x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	56x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $970

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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