MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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.
Boot Drive	132% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '19 at 04:14
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 262 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 785 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 1,046 65% 1,046 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 100%

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: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 426.0 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 189 Parallax 185 139% 181 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 175 Splatting 126 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$80 9,612 User benchmarks, average bench 153% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 255 240 259 252 254 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 1,338 Write 258 Mixed 359 SusWrite 252 120% 552 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 37 163% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 261 209% 296 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 241%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 183GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 433 402 288 288 288 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 455 Mixed 442 SusWrite 356 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 62.9 213% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 78 84 94 81 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	28% Poor	Read 11.3 Write 48 Mixed 25 SusWrite 86.2 31% 42.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 114%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$62 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 695GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 125 127 126 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 124 Write 122 Mixed 85 SusWrite 126 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 71%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$81 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 757GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 125 127 127 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 135 Write 121 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 126 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2133 C15 1x16GB 1,705 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 10.1 34% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 10.6 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 44%

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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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Typical Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) Builds (Compare 7,269 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	2,361x
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 $79Bench 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 $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $640

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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