MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	156% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190826
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 11:24
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	LBN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th 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-$320 534,249 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 264 95% 165 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 825 82% 652 Pts	64-Core 1,051 71% 1,051 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$698 209,298 User benchmarks, average bench 129% Zotac(19DA 3500) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.4% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 92.3 Parallax 75 65% 82.4 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 79 Splatting 104 68% 99.2 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 142%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$108 9,434 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.T Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 575 505 461 463 492 470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 782 Write 966 Mixed 840 SusWrite 494 174% 770 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 52.1 188% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 914 DQ Write 743 DQ Mixed 814 614% 824 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 162%
Kingston A400 480GB-$53 120,441 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 155GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 115 116 100 53 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 466 Write 322 Mixed 333 SusWrite 134 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 43.5 162% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 42.9 86% 178 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 2,319,706 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 59GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 101 96 110 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 161 Write 154 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 107 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$28 84,877 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 61GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 51 49 50 50 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 50.7 Write 48.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 49.3 34% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 59%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 9,603 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 16GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 53 21 16 0.2 27 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 128 Write 61 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 29.8 81% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.7 155% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 6,390 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 29.5 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 42.4 SC Mixed 33.8 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

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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 7,413 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 53%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) - $134

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $320Bench 93%, 534,249 samples	2,249x
Core i5-8600KIntel $218Bench 93%, 176,000 samples	1,846x
Core i5-8400Intel $172Bench 85%, 231,974 samples	864x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,047,709 samples	869x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 786,866 samples	862x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,029,341 samples	626x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 107%, 478,856 samples	382x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $110Bench 115%, 336,749 samples	280x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $40Bench 103%, 196,297 samples	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 83%, 417,739 samples	514x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 75%, 80,523 samples	197x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 377,979 samples	188x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $866

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $208	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $47	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16