MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	140% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181112
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '20 at 22:17
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (95^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 697 72% 578 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Lighting 73.8 Reflection 71.4 Parallax 91 60% 78.8 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 57.8 53% 66.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 29,078 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 403 365 355 280 305 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 1,454 Write 1,087 Mixed 402 SusWrite 338 181% 820 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 12 4K Mixed 18.5 97% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,466 DQ Write 13.5 DQ Mixed 27.6 198% 502 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 310%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 423GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 309 299 292 294 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 477 Mixed 299 SusWrite 307 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 39.9 164% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 253 214% 314 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 445GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 115 115 113 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 122 Write 109 Mixed 94.5 SusWrite 115 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 2x8GB 23,313 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24.3 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 24.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 94%

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

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Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

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	1,789x
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 $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 $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 $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