MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 123% UFO


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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	134% 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	217% 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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '18 at 14:52
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 5.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 896 93% 747 Pts	64-Core 894 55% 894 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 201 Parallax 183 156% 192 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 187 Splatting 123 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 2,354 Write 1,137 Mixed 1,393 358% 1,628 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 22.6 168% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 39.6 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 21.9 43% 81 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 236%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 775GB free Firmware: SC23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 193492728 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 816 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 83238581 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8878 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 797 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 75 45 454295577 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 703 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 816 (C2) HDA temperature 25 55 51539607577 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	93.1% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 167 Mixed 151 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 98%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 148GB free Firmware: DEMC Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 183989072 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 99 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 4345194666 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4670 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 555089950 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 55 55 91176 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 85899345950 (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 -82094004893500 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3484218355 (F2) Unknown 100 253 102093037540 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	46.4% Average	Read 77.2 Write 83.1 Mixed 84.7 62% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.78 215% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 64%
Seagate ST500UM001-1EK162 500GB 228 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 99GB free Firmware: DEP3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76582624 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 4344842376 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1902 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 268 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 571801630 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22702 (C2) HDA temperature 30 50 73014444062 (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 58394375359682 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5491685405 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10972029163 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	52.5% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 94.2 Mixed 97.2 71% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.13 47% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4A2666C16 2x8GB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 30 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 31.9 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 97%

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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	1,784x
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 $129Bench 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 $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