MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89% 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	94.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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 16 '19 at 20:30
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$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 (90^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 784 83% 665 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 98.6% 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: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 89.3 Parallax 155 88% 117 fps	MRender 88.2 Gravity 113 Splatting 128 92% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 268 270 275 274 274 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 273 Mixed 292 SusWrite 272 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 39.4 154% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 189 168% 254 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 177 174 175 182 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 162 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 176 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 419% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 99.9% 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 (95^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 27.9 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 30.3 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

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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	2,354x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,789x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	765x

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 $45Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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