MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 04:20
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (40^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 85.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 694 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 826 51% 826 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 376B) ≥ 4GB; GV-N108TTURBO-11GD CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 192 Parallax 172 136% 177 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 165 Splatting 121 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 136GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 437 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 197 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 74 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 48 22 335008694324 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2920801556 (F7) Unknown 100 100 91365465 (F8) Unknown 100 100 38237294 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1957 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	81.6% Excellent	Read 483 Write 340 Mixed 337 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 24.6 105% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 45.9 82% 163 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 98%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1842 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 836 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4999468091232 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 26 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 223 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 35 279172874288 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2701548126837 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1754 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8831 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3759 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3932 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	46.5% Average	Read 413 Write 24.7 Mixed 132 41% 190 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 4.59 75% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 3.43 50% 117 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 928GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3495 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1640 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 363 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3230 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 32 (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 200 197 597 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	106% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 179 Mixed 156 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.94 4K Mixed 0.36 148% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 544GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 171 1675 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1221 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 944 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 265 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4466 (C2) HDA temperature 109 92 34 (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	95.6% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 149 Mixed 160 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.3 104% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2880 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	38.1% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 11 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 13.3 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 104%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,361x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,796x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	769x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	721x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	641x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	508x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	339x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	248x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	187x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	382x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	179x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $21Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16