MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '19 at 01:04
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 462 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% PNY(196E 1511) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1664 MHz, MLim: 1976 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 126 Parallax 114 96% 119 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 112 Splatting 101 87% 106 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU700 120GB 3,283 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: B170206b SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 469 Write 234 Mixed 68.4 SusWrite 63.2 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 11.8 4K Mixed 19.4 81% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 39 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 87.8 90% 138 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 82%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 188 186 181 190 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 199 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 186 112% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 107%

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 @ 3067 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 28.3 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 28.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 110%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 100%

UFO

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 $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 $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 $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) $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