MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (49%). 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	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170904
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 21:01
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 220 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 377 55% 402 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.1% Above average	Lighting 63.3 Reflection 74.2 Parallax 61.6 52% 66.4 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 70.7 56% 68 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 536GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8283 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 899 (A5) Unknown 100 100 296450065712 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 48 (A9) Unknown 100 100 871 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 158 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 64 274878824474 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 25 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3637859648335 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 13732 (EA) Unknown 100 100 27225 (F1) Unknown 253 253 23872 (F2) Unknown 253 253 31418 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	61.2% Good	Read 491 Write 277 Mixed 231 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 8.22 70% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 9.63 36% 75.5 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 107%
Seagate ST9160821AS 160GB-$60 3,340 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 146GB free Firmware: 3.ALC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11070 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 22173760609 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28459 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5443 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 76 42 404095000 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 3058 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1015981 (C2) HDA temperature 24 58 55834574872 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 86 56 233059396 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	23.6% Poor	Read 42.3 Write 40 Mixed 41.4 31% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.27 63% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 29.1 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 22.4 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 104%

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Gaming 93%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 85%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,356x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,792x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	766x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	718x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	640x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	508x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	338x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	248x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	187x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	382x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	179x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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