MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '22 at 07:52
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 80.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 662 72% 573 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 189 Parallax 188 140% 183 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 192 Splatting 130 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte Aorus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 15,656 User benchmarks, average bench 339% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM11.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 367 Write 2,258 Mixed 396 230% 1,007 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 45.2 157% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1480 DQ Write 1,077 DQ Mixed 1,296 964% 1,284 MB/s
Poor: 215% Great: 491%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 480GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 486 486 487 486 488 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 420 Write 279 Mixed 327 SusWrite 487 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.2 166% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 254 216% 315 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 121%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 27GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 72 64 64 57 51 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 371 Mixed 383 SusWrite 105 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 50.8 187% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 173 180% 296 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 272GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 101 101 101 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 165 Write 144 Mixed 85.9 SusWrite 101 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FD 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 859B BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FD 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 32GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 21 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 84%

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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	2,353x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,788x
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	637x
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 $274	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 $184	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