MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.6% 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	265% 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.

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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '20 at 03:41
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$179 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 275 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 869 86% 701 Pts	64-Core 1,152 71% 1,152 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B61) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.45% Terrible	Lighting 7.57 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 8.19 6% 9.03 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 15.5 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.45% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6178) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.5 85% 106 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 101 81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 794 589 577 577 575 575 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,458 Write 2,218 Mixed 1546 SusWrite 614 381% 1,709 MB/s	4K Read 63.4 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 82.3 274% 94 MB/s	DQ Read 1,132 DQ Write 851 DQ Mixed 978 735% 987 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 340%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 194 196 196 197 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 190 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 196 111% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 159% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GB 14,178 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 25.3 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 28.4 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 97%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,376x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,818x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	775x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	726x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	643x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	510x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	343x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	250x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	190x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	382x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	180x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	166x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $623

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16