MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B58
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58) (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20170905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '23 at 17:26
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 259 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 491 61% 466 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Nvidia(10DE 2182) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 536.40 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.8% Very good	Lighting 95.7 Reflection 95 Parallax 86.6 78% 92.4 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 87 Splatting 74.1 68% 85.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,446 Write 2,236 Mixed 1,581 464% 2,088 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 73.3 241% 82 MB/s	DQ Read 898 DQ Write 920 DQ Mixed 1,000 727% 939 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Patriot Burst Elite 960GB 438 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 894GB free Firmware: V0718B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 358 399 409 403 395 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 453 Mixed 425 SusWrite 385 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 29.6 130% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 42.4 87% 170 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 103%
Team TM8FPD512G 512GB 1,141 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 166GB free Firmware: H220906a SusWrite @10s intervals: 1603 1666 660 676 664 651 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,009 Write 296 Mixed 1,841 SusWrite 987 285% 1,283 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 75.4 248% 84.2 MB/s	DQ Read 933 DQ Write 843 DQ Mixed 637 547% 804 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 307%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 200 211 216 217 219 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 125 Write 55.2 Mixed 78.9 SusWrite 204 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 8502 3200 C16 Series 8502 3200 C16 Series 8502 3200 C16 Series 24GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 33.2 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 28.8 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	49	18	144	34"	1280 720	XMI3446 Mi Monitor

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Typical Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58) Builds (Compare 2,176 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58) - $185

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,275x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	302x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	132x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	302x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	187x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	135x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	94x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	85x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	84x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	61x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $1,030

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 $40	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