MSI Z370 GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7A98)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	241% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A98
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7A98) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '18 at 12:47
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 887 86% 705 Pts	64-Core 1,142 71% 1,142 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 206 Parallax 195 142% 192 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 172 Splatting 128 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 336GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,213 Write 1,397 Mixed 1,259 358% 1,623 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 49.9 208% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 56.4 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 29 42% 74.3 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 254%
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 237GB free Firmware: 5.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 13233 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 282 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 713 (A9) Unknown 100 100 38657130506 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 181 181 223368118593 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 99 99 1067 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 60 60 197570330664 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 90 90 10 (E9) Unknown 100 100 166887641536 (EA) Unknown 100 100 251093682048 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 23008529051 (F2) Unknown 100 100 29635354698	80.1% Excellent	Read 483 Write 296 Mixed 360 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 25.8 133% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 22.7 31% 54.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 97%
Seagate ST3000DM00 3TB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3TB free Firmware: 0006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 64 64 3079019 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 18 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 4107 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 45 924450864 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 48 55 94489280560 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 8 3079019 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	82.3% Excellent	Read 141 Write 146 Mixed 136 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.66 154% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 118GB free Firmware: CC47 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 117 99 145666304 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4174 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26853777 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17236 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 681 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 50 739770409 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 83917 (C2) HDA temperature 41 50 51539607593 (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 -3079491544080 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11723666125 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18318664434	55.6% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 101 Mixed 148 87% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.29 106% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 19.9 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 22.7 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 107%

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Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7A98)

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	82x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	32x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $295Bench 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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Total price: $923

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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