MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	52.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 20:25
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 493 66% 493 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 93%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel S3500 Series 300GB-$128 488 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 142GB free Firmware: D2010355 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 94 94 6 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8760 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 370 (AA) Unknown 99 99 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 3 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 214 (AF) Unknown 100 100 214750331513 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 76 403767320 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 214 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 24 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 643848 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 99 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 168 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 643848 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1841357	91.4% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 320 Mixed 381 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 31.4 140% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 74.5 105% 195 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 91%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8600622316 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -9749575757496 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1807 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 346 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 48 77312557088 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 77312557088 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 102 102 8600622316 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 102 102 8600622316 (CC) Soft ECC correction 102 102 8600622316 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8908 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6046 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6046 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11597	52.7% Above average	Read 419 Write 102 Mixed 133 47% 218 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 12.7 90% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 56.5 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 9.69 28% 57.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 75%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 302GB free Firmware: AX001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1417 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3011 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 6022 (0A) Spinup retry count 160 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2117 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 119736 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219043725344 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 93 93 2901 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 254 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	52% Above average	Read 101 Write 79.7 Mixed 69.8 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.14 54% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.7% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 12.5 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 12.8 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 81%

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Gaming 93%

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Desktop 91%

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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	1,785x
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	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 $95Bench 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 $182	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) $30	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