MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.3% 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	117% 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	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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '19 at 08:03
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 89.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 798 83% 666 Pts	64-Core 817 50% 817 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.3% Very good	Lighting 91.5 Reflection 102 Parallax 78.7 74% 90.6 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 100 80% 96.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$88 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 193 222 270 118 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 620 Write 750 Mixed 619 SusWrite 236 125% 556 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 55.5 199% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 213 202% 313 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 156%
Corsair Force LE 120GB 3,209 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 44GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 85 86 93 93 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 474 Mixed 367 SusWrite 116 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 42.8 164% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 175 176% 281 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 315GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 117 116 117 118 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 166 Write 147 Mixed 101 SusWrite 117 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB 1,274 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 385GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 110 110 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 112 Write 101 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 110 70% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 582GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 165 165 164 165 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 169 Mixed 108 SusWrite 164 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 21.4 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 21.9 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 80%

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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 $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 $184	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