MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 03:58
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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 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)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 458 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 81 Reflection 85.9 Parallax 76 66% 81 fps	MRender 79.3 Gravity 74.4 Splatting 67.3 60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1080 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 287 (A5) Unknown 100 100 85918679310 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 48 223338299440 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 386551447642 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1121 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2535 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1629 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2198 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.1% Above average	Read 516 Write 61 Mixed 250 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 6.33 92% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 7.15 38% 81.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 86%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 349GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 151 5358 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1248 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 593 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1248 (C2) HDA temperature 111 91 36 (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 200 194 73 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.9% Average	Read 85 Write 81.5 Mixed 79 62% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.43 117% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.K16FE 1x8GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	47% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.2 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 48%

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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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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	588x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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