MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.9% 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	99.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190826
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '20 at 17:23
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$320 238,707 User benchmarks, average bench 90% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 94% 165 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 863 88% 694 Pts	64-Core 1056 71% 1056 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$280 187,675 User benchmarks, average bench 77% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 103 Parallax 95.8 86% 102 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 81.2 81% 99.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$120 88,918 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 58 53 60 56 54 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 486 Mixed 288 SusWrite 89.7 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 51.5 188% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 172 180% 297 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 107%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$57 504,559 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 330GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 487 488 489 418 287 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 483 Mixed 458 SusWrite 441 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 59.5 202% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 131%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$59 278,729 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 905GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 119 119 120 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 116 Write 113 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 120 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 69%
Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250G 250GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 233GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 34.7 Write 36.5 Mixed 35.4 SusWrite 39.9 51% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 19.4 4K Mixed 15 1,212% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 12.7 DQ Write 19.7 DQ Mixed 15.5 1,244% 16 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3333 C16 2x8GB 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 27.3 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 43.9 SC Mixed 29.7 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 113%

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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 7,505 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 54%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $320Bench 93%, 532,704 samples	2,278x
Core i5-8600KIntel $218Bench 92%, 178,623 samples	1,864x
Core i5-8400Intel $172Bench 85%, 225,330 samples	879x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,110,464 samples	878x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 786,866 samples	874x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	628x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 108%, 504,559 samples	385x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $108Bench 113%, 381,099 samples	282x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $40Bench 103%, 208,635 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples	520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 75%, 88,138 samples	199x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 403,833 samples	192x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $872

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	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) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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