MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	286% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190404
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '19 at 09:49
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 89.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 277 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 818 83% 672 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 0547) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 26.20.15002.61 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 71.5 Parallax 92.9 64% 80.8 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 77.2 Splatting 59.2 56% 69.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDS500G3XHC-00SJ 500GB 338 User benchmarks, average bench 245% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: 00WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1130 839 842 841 840 841 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 1,886 Write 1,835 Mixed 1,686 SusWrite 889 353% 1,574 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 208 4K Mixed 76.9 279% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,636 DQ Write 1,529 DQ Mixed 1,436 1,118% 1,534 MB/s
Poor: 186% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 291%
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$47 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 127GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 212 209 209 210 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 326 Mixed 240 SusWrite 208 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 46.7 180% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 253 208% 299 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 628GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 101 100 100 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 89.3 Mixed 68 SusWrite 99.7 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 84%
WD WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB 9,544 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 174 178 178 176 177 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 18% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.3% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.3 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 21.1 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 105%

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Gaming 93%

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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	1,788x
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	637x
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 $92Bench 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 $179	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