MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). 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	8 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '18 at 13:36
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$139 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 726 78% 620 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.9% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 0.08 Parallax 0.03 97% 39.6 fps	MRender 90.1 Gravity 115 Splatting 97.9 82% 101 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP S600 240GB 1,240 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC0531E2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 57 0.5 49 33 0.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 311 Write 123 Mixed 216 SusWrite 26.5 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 1.4 74% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 18.4 DQ Write 51.4 DQ Mixed 10.3 15% 26.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 874GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 175 176 172 175 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 168 Mixed 98.7 SusWrite 175 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FBD2 859B BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FD2 12GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 24 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 24.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 78%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) Builds (Compare 7,276 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,362x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,798x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	771x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	722x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	642x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	509x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	340x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	248x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $81Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	187x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	382x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	180x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16