MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.5% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B61
MotherboardMSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)  (all builds)
Memory4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170904
Uptime1.6 Days
Run DateDec 24 '17 at 14:41
Run Duration93 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
Memory 84.1
1-Core 128
2-Core 256
86% 156 Pts
4-Core 497
8-Core 490
66% 494 Pts
64-Core 491
30% 491 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 93%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3)
MSI(1462 7B61) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4877
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.5% Terrible
Lighting 7.77
Reflection 11.5
Parallax 7.75
6% 8.99 fps
MRender 11.4
Gravity 6.77
Splatting 16
10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.5%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate STM3500418AS 500GB
244GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
39.9% Below average
Read 68.4
Write 70.4
Mixed 68.4
52% 69.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.59
4K Write 1.36
4K Mixed 0.51
107% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 39.9%
Great: 71%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.2% Very good
MC Read 28.1
MC Write 26.5
MC Mixed 22.2
73% 25.6 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 30.9
SC Mixed 23.7
68% 23.9 GB/s
Latency 73.2
55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 113%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) Builds (Compare 7,233 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $834
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