MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B61
MotherboardMSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)  (all builds)
Memory5.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210419
Uptime4.3 Days
Run DateNov 28 '21 at 03:50
Run Duration224 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 36%

 PC Performing below expectations (28th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
80.9% Excellent
Memory 70.1
1-Core 128
2-Core 256
82% 152 Pts
4-Core 500
8-Core 668
74% 584 Pts
64-Core 707
44% 707 Pts
Poor: 79%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 101%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480
Sapphire(1DA2 E445) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 12GB, Driver: 21.11.3
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
116% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 133
Parallax 289
112% 186 fps
MRender 225
Gravity 136
Splatting 150
136% 170 fps
Poor: 113%
This bench: 116%
Great: 129%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB-$105
135GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41100WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 145 183 83 116 50 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
62.7% Good
Read 376
Write 370
Mixed 192
SusWrite 127
59% 266 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 41.2
4K Mixed 22.1
84% 28.6 MB/s
DQ Read 365
DQ Write 276
DQ Mixed 221
192% 287 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 62.7%
Great: 108%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73
247GB free
Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1062 1121 1327 246 102 99 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
180% Outstanding
Read 1055
Write 1,133
Mixed 830
SusWrite 660
207% 919 MB/s
4K Read 39
4K Write 129
4K Mixed 59.8
204% 76 MB/s
DQ Read 590
DQ Write 928
DQ Mixed 272
343% 596 MB/s
Poor: 130%
This bench: 180%
Great: 295%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$23
409GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 146 148 145 148 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Read 148
Write 57.2
Mixed 72.5
SusWrite 146
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 16GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
58% Above average
MC Read 23.5
MC Write 20.8
MC Mixed 19.3
60% 21.2 GB/s
SC Read 12
SC Write 17.9
SC Mixed 16.2
44% 15.4 GB/s
Latency 101
40% 101 ns
Poor: 38%
This bench: 58%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) Builds (Compare 7,229 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) - $125

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $834
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