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 (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	191% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171220
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 20:09
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 155 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 971 94% 772 Pts	64-Core 1,140 70% 1,140 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 270 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 152 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 61 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3631419757	116% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 416 Mixed 421 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 48.1 182% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 129 147% 254 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
Q-180 180GB 748 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 143GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^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 100 100 912 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 181 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A3) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 539 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1692 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6112 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10499	85.4% Excellent	Read 498 Write 418 Mixed 474 103% 463 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 7.9 104% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 11.9 76% 172 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 90%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,988 Write 724 Mixed 963 268% 1,225 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 36.8 170% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 42.9 122% 260 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 185%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8535 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 272 (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 96 96 1988 (0A) Spinup retry count 105 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 271 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 341 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 210454642723 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 96 96 1951 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 547 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 186 Mixed 167 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 4.44 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.31 260% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9300 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 101 Mixed 83.6 70% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.41 143% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 635GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 108863824 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1400 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15798595 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7344 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1124 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 55 504692766 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7594 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 55834574878 (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 78318728648975 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30375224137 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27665980947	93.5% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 161 Mixed 158 122% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.21 90% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 5,199 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 19.4 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 20.1 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 80%

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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	1,783x
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	506x

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 $76Bench 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