MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.04% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	188% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B58
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING M5 (MS-7B58) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170905
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 20:54
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$124 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 737 76% 613 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B58) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	7.04% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 7.16 6% 8.18 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 15.2 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.04% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 598 267 267 262 260 257 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,462 Write 1,377 Mixed 492 SusWrite 319 202% 912 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 50.8 209% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,049 DQ Write 1,060 DQ Mixed 676 612% 928 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 236%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 740GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 89 88 89 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 56.3 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 89.4 52% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 59%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 6 6 5.8 5.8 6.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	1.82% Terrible	Read 3.5 Write 3.3 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 5.9 6% 4.47 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.82% Great: 8%
ST2000LM 005 HN-M201AAD 2TB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 588GB free, PID 0569 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 119 119 120 119 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 99.3 Write 52.8 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 118 107% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 24.9 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 27 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 95%

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Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $192Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,284x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	303x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	133x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	303x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	190x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	135x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	94x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	85x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	61x

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Total price: $1,012

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16