MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.67% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '18 at 00:34
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 269 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 887 85% 704 Pts	64-Core 1,126 70% 1,126 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B46) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4849 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.67% Terrible	Lighting 7.93 Reflection 9.23 Parallax 8.06 6% 8.41 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7.23 Splatting 16 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.67% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7289 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 753 (B1) Unknown 99 99 29 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 67 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19909730438
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 52GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20970 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2416 (B1) Unknown 96 96 131 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 62 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 783 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26830752231	106% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 485 Mixed 492 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 28.1 141% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 89.5 137% 259 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 609GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 4352 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5469 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 55 107392361269 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 40530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2813 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 73 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 57 4732616730 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 717 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5819 (C2) HDA temperature 26 43 -140737488355302 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 3 4352 (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 12949326432856 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3269868155 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2868181015	55.5% Above average	Read 85.1 Write 108 Mixed 95 72% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.5 92% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 99GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 218877216 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4353 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1649882 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17281 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1517 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 76 64 4698931224 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 46153 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 -140737488355304 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 64 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 64 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 46497315959426 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4574931004 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2788401220	64.8% Good	Read 107 Write 119 Mixed 106 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.25 85% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 114%
WD WD4500HLHX-01JJPV0 450GB 847 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 65GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 242 232 2900 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6074 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38348 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3536 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1002 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5071 (C2) HDA temperature 125 110 25 (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 200 200 102 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.7% Good	Read 134 Write 98 Mixed 105 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.63 153% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 632 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 24.9 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 26.8 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 99%

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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	589x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	246x

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	96x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	86x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	128x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 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 $273	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 $40	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