MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	96.5% 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	58.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '22 at 01:21
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

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PC Performing way below expectations (15^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 below expectations (6^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 70.9 1-Core 89.7 2-Core 188 65% 116 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 377 46% 355 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8708) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.5% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 127 Parallax 123 103% 125 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 101 Splatting 79 84% 106 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 127 93 79 83 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 366 Write 261 Mixed 275 SusWrite 96.8 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 23 81% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 181 163% 249 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 1TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 77GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 309 370 337 302 248 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 433 Write 402 Mixed 382 SusWrite 303 283% 380 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 37.8 6,459% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 3,302% 362 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 102%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 331GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 70 50 60 117 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 131 Write 57.1 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 85.6 55% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 504GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 125 125 124 125 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 164 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 123 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	67.7% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 23.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 99.2 40% 99.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 98%

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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	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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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