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 (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	224% 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, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A98
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7A98) (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '18 at 20:02
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$198 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 931 91% 744 Pts	64-Core 1,154 71% 1,154 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3364) ≥ 4GB; msi gtx 1080 seahawk ek CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q 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 99 99 97 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 134 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 69 63 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 169925589	110% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 416 Mixed 420 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 46.9 166% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 123 134% 227 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q 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 99 99 54 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 136 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 69 66 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17254805	110% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 415 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 46.8 167% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 126 136% 230 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,891 Write 1,320 Mixed 1,303 333% 1,504 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 44.1 186% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 119 124% 209 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 254%
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 192GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 101 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 94 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2949151 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 244 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 47 201864708133 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 34359738376 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 200 (EA) Unknown 100 100 232 (F1) Unknown 253 253 224 (F2) Unknown 253 253 115 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82% Excellent	Read 487 Write 312 Mixed 215 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 20.8 109% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 45.3 90% 185 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 100%
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 42GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 101 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 94 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5177398 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 213 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 45 193274773541 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 64425426959 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 337 (EA) Unknown 100 100 394 (F1) Unknown 253 253 376 (F2) Unknown 253 253 108 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.9% Very good	Read 496 Write 217 Mixed 249 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 21.3 115% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 46 89% 182 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 33.4 113% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 48.1 SC Mixed 33.5 100% 35 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 105%

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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 $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	81x
Core i9-9900KIntel $427Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	32x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $321Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	32x
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: 74% - Very good

Total price: $949

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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