MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	110% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 07:19
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$192 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 86.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 286 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 918 90% 736 Pts	64-Core 1,139 70% 1,139 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 371GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7245 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 486 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (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 62 49 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 81 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20255761422	110% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 396 Mixed 413 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 41.6 171% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 25.9 95% 211 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 153GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 13190 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 677 (A5) Unknown 100 100 163256402405 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 47 (A8) Unknown 100 100 25 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 125 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 49 210454642723 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2327894295070 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2002 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4947 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2741 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4164 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69.7% Good	Read 465 Write 177 Mixed 211 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 13.5 100% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 39.7 89% 187 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 101%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 40GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 9145 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 746 (A5) Unknown 100 100 94519755157 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 53 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 319 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 44 188979675170 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1494686106172 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3022 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4097 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1853 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5458 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.4% Very good	Read 468 Write 286 Mixed 227 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 14.8 101% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 44.3 88% 181 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 101%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 14GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 9261 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 747 (A5) Unknown 100 100 85927068015 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 46 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 319 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 43 184684707873 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1417375384104 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2715 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3695 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1712 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7004 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71.6% Very good	Read 472 Write 177 Mixed 208 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 18.3 102% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 44.5 93% 193 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 101%
WDC WD20 EFRX-68EUZN0 2TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 966GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 135 Write 115 Mixed 110 150% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.26 91% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 52%
WDC WD20 EFRX-68EUZN0 2TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 822GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 135 Write 130 Mixed 103 155% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 52%
WDC WD20 EFRX-68EUZN0 2TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 803GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 133 Write 122 Mixed 105 151% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.24 87% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 52%
WDC WD50 03AZEX-00K1GA0 500GB 361GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.8% Average	Read 110 Write 114 Mixed 79 128% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 2.83 4K Mixed 0.28 110% 1.43 MB/s

WDC WD20 EFRX-68EUZN0 2TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 299GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 128 Write 100 Mixed 106 139% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D26BFSB.16FBR 2x16GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.9 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 94%

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Gaming 110%

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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 $192Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,159x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	594x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	318x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	206x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	96x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	86x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	83x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	56x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	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