MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190404
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '19 at 06:03
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 844 85% 690 Pts	64-Core 1,110 69% 1,110 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 202 Parallax 207 159% 201 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 190 Splatting 130 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 256GB 15,205 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.4 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,087 Write 1,091 Mixed 997 236% 1,058 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 205 4K Mixed 79.3 284% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 793 DQ Write 777 DQ Mixed 238 329% 603 MB/s
Poor: 93% Great: 230%
Spcc Solid State Disk 128GB 14,793 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 25GB free Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 61 108 61 60 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 427 Write 340 Mixed 308 SusWrite 93.7 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 32.6 145% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 127 134% 217 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 93%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB-$71 11,382 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: MKAOAA10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 81 80 83 87 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 63 Write 78.2 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 82.3 54% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3143 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 27.1 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 28.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 85%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) - $125

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,354x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,789x
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	638x
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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $834

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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