MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	May 18 '22 at 01:48
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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-$139 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 72.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 242 78% 143 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 589 70% 541 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 105 88% 109 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 104 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 8.8 46 9.1 29 17 MB/s Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.9% Above average	Read 190 Write 84.1 Mixed 142 SusWrite 35 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 23.5 106% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 135 122% 183 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 85%
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 550GB free Firmware: S3401103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 434 437 439 427 436 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 415 Mixed 383 SusWrite 435 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 27.8 142% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 90.8 130% 239 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 281GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 102 101 102 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 102 69% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 109%
Kingston DT microDuo 32GB 773 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 4GB free, PID 16a1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 9 11 10 12 10 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	5.78% Terrible	Read 13.4 Write 4.5 Mixed 7.5 SusWrite 9.6 11% 8.75 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.78% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD2 2x8GB 3,240 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 17.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 17.5 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 95.5 42% 95.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,159x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	592x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	248x

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 $36Bench 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: $959

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16