MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.1% 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	172% 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 17:15
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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-$124 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 239 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 597 63% 505 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.81 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	10.1% Very poor	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 19.4 Parallax 16.2 8% 15.3 fps	MRender 17.5 Gravity 16.3 Splatting 16.4 14% 16.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1103 330 296 297 296 297 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,485 Write 1,288 Mixed 805 SusWrite 436 224% 1,004 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 47.7 159% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 917 DQ Write 750 DQ Mixed 842 628% 836 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 280%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 359GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 402 410 412 409 410 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 336 Write 356 Mixed 232 SusWrite 392 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 22 73% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 286 232% 328 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 774GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 184 187 188 190 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 188 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 187 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 162GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 93 93 93 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 131 Write 141 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 92 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB-$47 29,751 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78% Very good	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 24.6 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 19.3 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 98%

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Gaming 93%

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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	2,368x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,801x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	771x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	723x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	642x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	509x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	340x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	249x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	188x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	382x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	180x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $634

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16