MSI Z370 GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7A98)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	329% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A98
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7A98) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '18 at 14:27
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 160 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 1,015 97% 800 Pts	64-Core 1,257 78% 1,257 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	329% Outstanding	Read 2,880 Write 1,854 Mixed 2,025 499% 2,253 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 58.6 248% 96.6 MB/s	DQ Read 615 DQ Write 541 DQ Mixed 39.6 177% 398 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 329% Great: 353%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 192GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th 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 2575 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 466 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 94 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 55 193274249239 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10509760078 (F7) Unknown 100 100 329251728 (F8) Unknown 100 100 162948491 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1949 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	64.5% Good	Read 472 Write 204 Mixed 343 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 14.7 94% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 38.9 56% 98.5 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 99%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 81GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st 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 10685 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1993 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 86 (AE) Unknown 100 100 164 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 55 193274183706 (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 5 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 22122860073 (F7) Unknown 100 100 695075836 (F8) Unknown 100 100 726260367	87.6% Excellent	Read 514 Write 333 Mixed 398 92% 415 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 20.3 126% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 32.8 80% 160 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 501GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 234398953 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1031 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40648888 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1031 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 51 437780505 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1031 (C2) HDA temperature 25 7 30064771097 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 234398953 (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 -28243704932561 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18585102211 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18792235041	85.2% Excellent	Read 159 Write 138 Mixed 147 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.28 92% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 32.6 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 33.1 97% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

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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 $409Bench 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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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $930

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	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