MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	306% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B58
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	May 27 '18 at 17:39
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 916 88% 727 Pts	64-Core 1156 72% 1156 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 141 Parallax 122 109% 133 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 133 Splatting 106 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-1TM9PeG 1TB 373 User benchmarks, average bench 221% 743GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	306% Outstanding	Read 2,705 Write 2,041 Mixed 2,252 519% 2,333 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 57 198% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 150 143% 222 MB/s
Poor: 137% ↑ This bench: 306% Great: 270%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 30GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13030 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1062 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1245695838125 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 52 (A9) Unknown 100 100 529 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 32 (AE) Unknown 100 100 196 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 66 283469414438 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 7 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5759621989693 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 15297 (EA) Unknown 100 100 40264 (F1) Unknown 253 253 31830 (F2) Unknown 253 253 38669 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.6% Very good	Read 500 Write 327 Mixed 258 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 17.3 94% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 43.5 94% 197 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 64 47397392 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12807108 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 118609816846737 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (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 63 50 739901477 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 491 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 111669149733 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 77 64 47397392 (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 30605936951696 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3448114596 (F2) Unknown 100 253 920079596	68.8% Good	Read 130 Write 108 Mixed 61 74% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.05 4K Write 7.64 4K Mixed 0.44 275% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 90%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 8950 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 68 45 9868 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2370 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12972 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1101 (B5) Unknown 95 95 114486152 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 642 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 240519544868 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 48 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2426	61.5% Good	Read 97.8 Write 117 Mixed 98 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.27 66% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 23.3 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 31.4 SC Mixed 28 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 95%

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Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58) - $185

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,274x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	302x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	132x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	302x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	187x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	135x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	94x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	85x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	84x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	60x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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