MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 00:19
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 596 69% 537 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.8% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 131 Parallax 111 98% 121 fps	MRender 92.8 Gravity 120 Splatting 101 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$79 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 76GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 313 334 311 311 311 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 455 Mixed 444 SusWrite 330 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 56.6 198% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 216 179% 262 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 72 49 58 71 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 126 Write 140 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 83.3 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 3,571 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 28.7 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 27.1 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 112%

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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 7,268 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	1,795x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	769x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	720x
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 $36Bench 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) $31	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