MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.83% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	44.1% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '18 at 14:35
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 69.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 269 82% 155 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 850 86% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,127 70% 1,127 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B61) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6291 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.83% Terrible	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.03 6% 9.23 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 17.1 11% 12.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.83% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE300000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 67 70 69 66 68 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 377 Write 72.5 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 66.2 33% 152 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 34.9 4K Mixed 18 69% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 56 DQ Mixed 12.9 29% 61.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 53%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$88 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 154 154 154 143 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 145 Write 150 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 151 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 85%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 5,616 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 5.1 5.8 5.8 4.6 4.7 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	4.11% Terrible	Read 14 Write 3.7 Mixed 5.8 SusWrite 4.9 8% 7.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.11% Great: 9%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 14,254 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.4 2 3.5 4.5 5.9 6 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.25% Terrible	Read 20.7 Write 6 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 4 10% 9 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.8 72% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.25% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.2% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 20.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 95%

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Gaming 93%

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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	1,785x
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 $130Bench 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 $182	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) $30	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