MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at 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.

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Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '19 at 13:43
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 275 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 805 83% 671 Pts	64-Core 812 50% 812 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Gigabyte(1458 230C) CLim: 1492 MHz, MLim: 875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.2 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.4% Very good	Lighting 83.8 Reflection 80.2 Parallax 86.8 68% 83.6 fps	MRender 82.3 Gravity 107 Splatting 119 86% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 422 Write 266 Mixed 311 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 31.7 112% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 187 169% 258 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 187GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 91 92 97 96 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 74.7 Write 89 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 90.8 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.4 174% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 27.8 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 28.2 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 101%

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Typical Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) Builds (Compare 7,223 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 $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,349x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,781x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	764x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	716x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	636x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	506x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	337x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	247x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

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Total price: $836

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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) $35	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