MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	263% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '18 at 05:53
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$131 312,220 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)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 735 76% 614 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 56,417 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 328D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 67.2 64% 74.6 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 68.5 57% 69.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 513 350 311 311 313 314 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,491 Write 1,463 Mixed 964 SusWrite 352 290% 1,317 MB/s	4K Read 66.5 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 87.3 300% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 974 DQ Write 1,229 DQ Mixed 1,004 785% 1,069 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 280%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 174 172 174 175 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 189 Mixed 30 SusWrite 173 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 26.2 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 27.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 103%

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Gaming 93%

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Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) - $125

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,352x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,783x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	764x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	717x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	636x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	506x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	338x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	247x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	187x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	379x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	179x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $834

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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