MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	110% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170904
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 14:22
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	GBR-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 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 (87^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 864 85% 696 Pts	64-Core 1,131 70% 1,131 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 187 Parallax 172 147% 180 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 174 Splatting 115 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 81GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2113 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 311 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 41 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8442180901	114% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 408 Mixed 418 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 48.2 178% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 131 149% 258 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9317 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1252 (B1) Unknown 89 89 214 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 165 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38222576582	110% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 407 Mixed 415 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 42.8 166% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 103 136% 248 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 922GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 39.7 Mixed 39.8 30% 39.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.22 77% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 119GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 127109655 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1228 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 96086288 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6135 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 887 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 8 8 92 (BE) vendor-specific 74 55 454098970 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1238 (C2) HDA temperature 26 10 42949672986 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 127109655 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 36073430325072 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30448913571 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32397448815	85.4% Excellent	Read 149 Write 149 Mixed 130 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.26 71% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 51GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 19 (03) Spinup time 137 137 4116 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2112 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1950 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 408 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1703 (C2) HDA temperature 114 90 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 83.4 Mixed 88.8 69% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.35 87% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 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	71.9% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.2 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 23.7 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 88%

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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	2,354x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,789x
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	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 $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 $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 $295	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 $40	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