MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181112
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '19 at 18:38
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$98 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 702 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3790) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2040 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Lighting 94.7 Reflection 84.2 Parallax 80.2 77% 86.4 fps	MRender 69.3 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 74.2 60% 73.2 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV500120G 120GB 4,749 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 003056RI SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 84 48 73 45 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 464 Write 307 Mixed 289 SusWrite 79.6 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 37.4 150% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 156 140% 210 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 664GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 185 187 186 187 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 174 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 184 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 27.4 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 27.9 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 103%

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Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

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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 $75Bench 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 $34Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $636

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