MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20171220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '18 at 07:36
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 740 77% 620 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.1% Above average	Lighting 61.8 Reflection 63.8 Parallax 60.2 50% 61.9 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 58.1 Splatting 54.9 50% 61.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 128GB 239 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 9GB free Firmware: DXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6611 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2735 (B1) Unknown 99 99 30 (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 65 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 776 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5846796746	72.4% Very good	Read 494 Write 89.3 Mixed 125 51% 236 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 17.6 134% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 72.3 DQ Mixed 56.5 78% 150 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 117%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 64 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896829620 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1118 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3762 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1118 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1160 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 231929675815 (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	98.1% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 169 Mixed 178 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 107%
Seagate ST3500620AS 500GB-$145 5,462 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 94GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 165561896 (03) Spinup time 94 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4830 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 21689669592 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 53 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4353 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295034709 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 63 44 4917428261 (C2) HDA temperature 37 56 68719476773 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 18 165561896 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8	53.9% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 89.2 Mixed 77.9 66% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.36 92% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 42.5 MC Mixed 30.6 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 29.8 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%

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Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

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	2,352x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,783x
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 $46

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