MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	127% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '18 at 18:38
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 278 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 908 89% 729 Pts	64-Core 1,162 72% 1,162 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 197 Parallax 197 149% 192 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 182 Splatting 129 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 1,450 Write 291 Mixed 465 159% 736 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 17 119% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 483 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 11.5 112% 268 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 144%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 95GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22057 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3272 (B1) Unknown 92 92 267 (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 68 45 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 759 (F1) Unknown 99 99 46003515139	106% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 482 Mixed 501 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 27 138% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 81.9 131% 251 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 116%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 84 5 (03) Spinup time 70 70 9880 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8249 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 36224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5677 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 84 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1302 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 1 488308764 (C2) HDA temperature 72 55 505020444 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 15224 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	123% Outstanding	Read 242 Write 185 Mixed 195 156% 208 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 3.74 4K Mixed 1 228% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 77 77 7680 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15593 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 99 97 31 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 31704 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 98 98 1377 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6565 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 538837022 (C2) HDA temperature 69 54 555548703 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 244273 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 97 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	122% Outstanding	Read 230 Write 195 Mixed 188 154% 204 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 4.62 4K Mixed 0.98 240% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 62%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 174 5775 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1263 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9393 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1052 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 102 102 295160 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	68.3% Good	Read 112 Write 126 Mixed 113 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.2 98% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 96%
WD Green 5TB (2014)-$170 1,889 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 854GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 210 197 8491 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2361 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1845 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 268 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13387 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.4% Very good	Read 133 Write 130 Mixed 113 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.15 96% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 4,554 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 24.9 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 97%

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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	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