MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.6% 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	31.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200608
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 01:25
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 738 77% 616 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% MSI(1462 3680) CLim: 1650 MHz, MLim: 890 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 20.7 Parallax 176 94% 104 fps	MRender 92.3 Gravity 125 Splatting 76.9 78% 97.9 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 270 270 146 33 33 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.5% Below average	Read 182 Write 99 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 171 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 9.9 44% 14.4 MB/s	DQ Read 14.4 DQ Write 15.5 DQ Mixed 14.4 11% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 102%
Adata XPG EX500 2TB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 374GB free Firmware: 9301 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 73 72 73 72 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 128 Write 99.8 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 71.7 69% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.8 182% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 72%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 6.8 6.7 6.2 6.3 7.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 76.5 Write 8 Mixed 22 SusWrite 6.6 27% 28.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2666C16/8G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2666C16/8G 24GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 29.7 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 26.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 96%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

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	764x

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 $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