MSI Z370 GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7A98)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	71.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A98
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7A98) (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 09:21
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 196 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 885 74% 638 Pts	64-Core 1,180 73% 1,180 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84.5% 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 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 192 Parallax 190 140% 185 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 172 Splatting 121 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT2050MX 2TB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: R060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 932 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 647 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 490 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 64 154619674650 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11348239841 (F7) Unknown 100 100 355365696 (F8) Unknown 100 100 54985058 (B4) Unknown 0 0 9184 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	71.3% Very good	Read 496 Write 493 Mixed 486 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 8.04 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 6.95 47% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 32.5 63% 126 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 103%
WDC WDS100T1B0B- 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 756GB free Firmware: 00WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3809 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1771 (A5) Unknown 100 100 137506980685 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1023 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 962 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 74 317828825123 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2375136444969 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10540 (EA) Unknown 100 100 18329 (F1) Unknown 253 253 15863 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16029 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	67.2% Good	Read 434 Write 260 Mixed 222 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 17.7 93% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 36.5 56% 108 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 402GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146015592 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2924 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12576676 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3665 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2284 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 12885229574 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 66 420937752 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 709 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4989 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 51539607576 (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 -10827612547743 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6841406301 (F2) Unknown 100 253 57034828877	76% Very good	Read 132 Write 132 Mixed 132 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.37 4K Mixed 0.74 212% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 273GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 53511360 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2929 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2858014 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3738 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2299 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 61 420806681 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 744 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5344 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 55834574873 (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 -118579752069709 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6229033712 (F2) Unknown 100 253 200589495773	65.8% Good	Read 112 Write 116 Mixed 102 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 5.24 4K Mixed 0.8 216% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 110%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 0GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 42.2 Write 41.4 Mixed 26.2 46% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.41 60% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3600C18 4x8GB 1,121 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3500 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 30.8 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 48.8 SC Mixed 32.1 99% 34.6 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%

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Gaming 112%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7A98)

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	82x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	32x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $292Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	33x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	15x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	10x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	16x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 241%, 38,097 samples	9x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	6x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	7x
CMR32GX4M4C3600C18 4x8GBCorsairBench 100%, 1,121 samples	6x
F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 106%, 1,354 samples	5x

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Total price: $930

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16