MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	39.2% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	16.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	7.5 Days
Run Date	May 12 '21 at 05:53
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 70.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 222 75% 136 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 657 70% 561 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2039 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.40 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	10.6% Very poor	Lighting 2 Reflection 48.1 Parallax 36.9 2% 29 fps	MRender 40.3 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 26.9 28% 35.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 15 13 16 22 12 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.2% Below average	Read 110 Write 132 Mixed 132 SusWrite 14.3 22% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 21.6 80% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 55.5 85% 160 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 100%
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 292GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 413 423 424 426 423 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 249 Mixed 358 SusWrite 417 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 36 117% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 286 234% 333 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 04CD F4-2400C15-8GVR 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52% Above average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.6 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 99.4 40% 99.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 93%

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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 $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 $45Bench 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 $45	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