MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.57% 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	110% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '17 at 13:54
Run Duration	427 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$139 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 761 81% 645 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 7B61) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4877 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.57% Terrible	Lighting 7.93 Reflection 11 Parallax 7.91 6% 8.93 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 15.7 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.57% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 994 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 211 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 47 36 53 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5707504482	110% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 402 Mixed 414 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 43.1 170% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 123 139% 239 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 131%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$22 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 287GB free Firmware: D005DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 73 173484131 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5774 (05) Reallocated sector count 93 93 149 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 9002532201 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9879 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5767 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 65535 (BC) Unknown 100 1 4295038858 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 46 538640416 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 51 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7813 (C2) HDA temperature 32 54 90194313248 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 44 173484131 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 83 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 83 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 569 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -90353226996086 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3088872761 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2587731227 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	36.5% Below average	Read 63 Write 64 Mixed 62 48% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.31 68% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 43%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$23 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 71GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 62 (03) Spinup time 152 145 1375 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5111 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8008 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1819 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 171 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14550 (C2) HDA temperature 111 91 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	34.4% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 59.9 Mixed 56.1 44% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.17 66% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 61%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 503GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 94.2 Write 95.9 Mixed 91.6 121% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.26 84% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 45%
FUJITSU MHZ2320BH G2 320GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 242GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 36.8 Write 37.6 Mixed 36.6 48% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.26 61% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 19%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 32GB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 26GB free, PID 5572 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	6.95% Terrible	Read 11.1 Write 4.53 Mixed 6.14 8% 7.25 MB/s	4K Read 3.46 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.92 83% 1.84 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.95% Great: 13%
Samsung M3 Portable 500GB 4,300 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 12GB free, PID 61b3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 13% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 25.4 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 31.4 SC Mixed 25.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 96%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) Builds (Compare 7,289 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,368x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,801x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	771x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	723x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	642x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	509x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	340x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	249x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	188x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	382x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	180x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $634

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16