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 (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	83.8% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (43%). 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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '18 at 05:26
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 158 2-Core 316 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 634 8-Core 944 98% 789 Pts	64-Core 928 57% 928 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 114 94863976 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 98140002757981 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2471 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 2084 (B1) Unknown 0 0 13 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 81 73019752480 (C2) HDA temperature 32 81 73019752480 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 94863976 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 94863976 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 94863976 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 47496 (EA) Unknown 0 0 38373 (F1) Unknown 0 0 38373 (F2) Unknown 0 0 54929	83.8% Excellent	Read 488 Write 254 Mixed 314 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 13.7 132% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 11.5 76% 176 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 94%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 167314177 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 344 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 120519311 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -76484777604309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 232 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 622460959 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 283 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 54656 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 81604378655 (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 115869627713473 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7765798726 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7156279991	98.8% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 172 Mixed 157 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.24 96% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 99%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 479GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34386280895 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4077 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15049 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 231 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4163 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 197569544223 (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	76.5% Very good	Read 131 Write 136 Mixed 130 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.2 85% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 389GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 94 131735074 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8748 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 308023570 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 43505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2213 (B7) Unknown 65 65 35 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 851 (BC) Unknown 100 99 10 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 605683743 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2006 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 603560 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 73014444063 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 56 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 56 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -68053756784767 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -131112971576301 (F2) Unknown 100 253 87765735351303	72.9% Very good	Read 143 Write 111 Mixed 106 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.25 70% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 359GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 84 75542080 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13404 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 4848 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6948652 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 43540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2213 (B7) Unknown 65 65 35 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1112 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065673 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 4866965533 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2044 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 493076 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 -140737488355299 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -85087597090141 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7976258497142 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -71965045338265	81.9% Excellent	Read 114 Write 171 Mixed 79.9 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.36 86% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GB 14,178 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 27.5 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 29.5 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 97%

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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 $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