MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	29.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	251% 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	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

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 03:45
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 737 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 6150) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Lighting 36.4 Reflection 26.9 Parallax 33 30% 32.1 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 33.6 Splatting 33.5 29% 35.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$4 10,188 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 438GB free (System drive) Firmware: Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,548 Write 1,074 Mixed 1,366 365% 1,663 MB/s	4K Read 64.9 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 55.5 221% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 507 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 124 153% 279 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 293%
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 223GB free Firmware: CS900612 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 743 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 90 90 181 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262158 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 24 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 763	94.2% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 476 Mixed 501 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 12.4 112% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 21.7 90% 200 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 91%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 01.00101 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 40 10225 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10784 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 7 7 68090 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 302 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 102994 (C2) HDA temperature 114 105 38 (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	75.5% Very good	Read 137 Write 126 Mixed 125 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.4 140% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 83%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 833GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 41.2 Mixed 39.6 52% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.25 64% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x4GB 16,490 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 25.1 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 35.7 SC Mixed 27 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 98%

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Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $90Bench 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