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 above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	289% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 09:54
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 619 8-Core 1,048 101% 834 Pts	64-Core 1,250 77% 1,250 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% 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 6798) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2927 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 186 Reflection 214 Parallax 190 152% 197 fps	Gravity 191 Splatting 116 131% 154 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	289% Outstanding	Read 2,635 Write 1,315 Mixed 1,400 392% 1,783 MB/s	4K Read 59.6 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 59.6 258% 97.2 MB/s	DQ Read 662 DQ Write 501 DQ Mixed 256 280% 473 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 289% Great: 254%
Transcend SSD370S 512GB-$209 3,350 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 96GB free Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1638 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1419 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 42574 (A5) Unknown 100 100 106 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 4 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 261 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 11342 (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 100 100 5 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 351890 (F2) Unknown 100 100 390150 (F5) Unknown 100 100 681184	105% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 428 Mixed 457 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 38.2 149% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 70.2 111% 211 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 111%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 66839248 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2308 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3530270 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2834 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 776 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 37 669 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 606011428 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8324 (C2) HDA temperature 36 43 55834574884 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 224059 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 50706383897337 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3918244532 (F2) Unknown 100 253 161479202526	76.7% Very good	Read 122 Write 145 Mixed 107 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 5.13 4K Mixed 0.74 203% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 121942016 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5267 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42880355 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8345 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2398 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 51540459533 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 48 4985258025 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 493 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38547 (C2) HDA temperature 41 52 -140737488355287 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 77 226210 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -87368224731213 (F1) Unknown 100 253 109465982988066 (F2) Unknown 100 253 78148390824709	85.7% Excellent	Read 141 Write 158 Mixed 161 116% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.38 109% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 113%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 5,095 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 864GB free, PID 61b5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 96.6 Write 112 Mixed 67.2 118% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.29 67% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 52%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 5,095 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 516GB free, PID 61b5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 79 Write 119 Mixed 72.1 120% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.32 66% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 29.2 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 47.1 SC Mixed 33 100% 35 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 128%

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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	2,354x
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 $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 $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