MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	25.2% 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	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 06 '18 at 17:31
Run Duration	426 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 (89^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 241 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 664 72% 573 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Asus(1043 04BE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1326 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	Lighting 30.3 Reflection 32.4 Parallax 38.8 25% 33.9 fps	MRender 30.5 Gravity 29.3 Splatting 35 26% 31.6 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 0 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (94) Unknown 100 100 0 (95) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 7 (AA) Unknown 100 100 8 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65541 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 61 56 188980002855 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 1 1 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 153 (F1) Unknown 100 100 154 (F2) Unknown 100 100 186 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1 (F5) Unknown 100 100 5 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8400	46.6% Average	Read 248 Write 225 Mixed 286 57% 253 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 14.4 4K Mixed 3.4 55% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 7.27 54% 122 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 85%
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB 11,708 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 512GB free Firmware: 01.01H01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 157 157 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 471 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 1491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 449 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 87871 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 214749478949 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	47.1% Average	Read 71.3 Write 93.2 Mixed 81.5 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.11 31% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 75%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	3.98% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 3.03 Mixed 4.11 7% 7.53 MB/s	4K Read 4.54 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.002 17% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.98% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB 46,352 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.5% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 10 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 9.6 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 47%

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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 $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 $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 $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