MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.86% 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.
Boot Drive	76.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B58
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '18 at 11:15
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 806 84% 673 Pts	64-Core 808 50% 808 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8526) 2GB CLim: 1555 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	6.86% Terrible	Lighting 6.13 Reflection 6.92 Parallax 8 5% 7.02 fps	MRender 6.95 Gravity 14.8 Splatting 15.3 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 6.86% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 98 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13238439 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 62 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 188 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 43 184684838942 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 141735886881 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 764 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1020 (F1) Unknown 253 253 857 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1954 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.5% Very good	Read 496 Write 250 Mixed 245 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 23.2 102% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 48.3 88% 178 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 105%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 120GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 42GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 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 95 95 4933374 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -92943092280462 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1584 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 127 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 55 42953277464 (C2) HDA temperature 24 55 42953277464 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4933374 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4933374 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4933374 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10461 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9318 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9318 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16655 (F4) Unknown 98 98 6357078	65.6% Good	Read 511 Write 113 Mixed 158 56% 261 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 15.5 117% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 91.7 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 30.9 43% 78.6 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 119%
Kingston SV300S37A120G 2TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABS0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 130 130 21493907748 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3665 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3588 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3682 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3682 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 227633987612 (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 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 168 Mixed 162 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.21 91% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB 3,434 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	42.5% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 11.7 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 12.7 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 48%

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Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58) - $185

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,273x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	302x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	131x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	302x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	186x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	135x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	94x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	84x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	84x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	60x

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Total price: $1,006

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