MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '18 at 18:36
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 893 88% 722 Pts	64-Core 1,145 71% 1,145 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 156 Parallax 133 117% 144 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 142 Splatting 114 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 120GB-$70 6,931 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 187 188 189 189 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 188 Mixed 240 SusWrite 188 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 42 157% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 173 144% 208 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 89%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 17GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 120 125 137 133 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 364 Write 156 Mixed 201 SusWrite 131 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 41.8 170% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 149 117% 162 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 405GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 134 135 135 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 133 Write 129 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 135 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 233GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 109 108 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 97.6 Write 97.2 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 108 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.2% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 21.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 108%

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

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Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

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	2,354x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,789x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	765x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	717x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	638x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	507x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	338x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	247x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	187x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	379x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	179x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $834

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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