MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). 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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200608
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '24 at 06:55
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$135 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 684 75% 596 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 551.23 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.1% Good	Lighting 53.1 Reflection 180 Parallax 164 43% 132 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 165 Splatting 101 105% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 692GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 297 265 295 283 293 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 399 Write 346 Mixed 285 SusWrite 293 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 48.1 4K Mixed 30.8 101% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 235 199% 291 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 108%
Samsung PSSD T7 Touch 2TB 206 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 312 320 344 293 339 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 273 Write 315 Mixed 288 SusWrite 320 68% 299 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 29.3 4K Mixed 19.2 61% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 194 141% 183 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 393GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 298 274 295 286 293 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 366 Write 355 Mixed 256 SusWrite 294 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 33.8 116% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 234 197% 286 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NMUD440D82-3200D 4x4GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 33.2 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 43.1 SC Mixed 30 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	58	144	34.1"	1280 720	GSM76FE LG ULTRAWIDE

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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 $170Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,442x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,850x
Core i7-8700Intel $177Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	792x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	741x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	651x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	520x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	348x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	255x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	193x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	390x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	184x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $33Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	169x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $613

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $85
Intel Core i5-13600K $235	Nvidia RTX 4070 $499	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $342