MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.5% 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	124% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	7.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '23 at 07:56
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	15%

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 i7-8700K-$179 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 694 73% 585 Pts	64-Core 890 55% 890 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$240 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 8872) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 87.7 Parallax 94.4 90% 97.5 fps	MRender 84.8 Gravity 76.3 Splatting 68.7 62% 76.6 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$104 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 181 209 213 203 191 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 1,770 Write 184 Mixed 233 SusWrite 187 127% 594 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 6.8 110% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 128 133% 221 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 280%
Sony Storage 120GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 72GB free Firmware: 2210 SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 78 77 79 80 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 380 Write 283 Mixed 296 SusWrite 106 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 34.7 4K Mixed 11.9 63% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 21 42% 83.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 58%
WD Game Drive 5TB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free, PID 262f Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 105 105 104 105 105 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 104 122% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 52,667 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 25.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 20.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 103%

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Gaming 93%

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Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,376x
Core i5-8600KIntel $118Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,818x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	775x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	726x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	643x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	510x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	343x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	250x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	190x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	382x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	180x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	166x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $623

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16