MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	57.7% 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	296% 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	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 12:12
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 156 2-Core 314 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 625 8-Core 1,033 101% 829 Pts	64-Core 1,265 78% 1,265 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1581 MHz, MLim: 1790 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Lighting 72.8 Reflection 74.7 Parallax 66.8 59% 71.4 fps	MRender 76.1 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 58.8 54% 67.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	296% Outstanding	Read 2,840 Write 1,430 Mixed 1,438 418% 1,903 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 32.6 224% 87.9 MB/s	DQ Read 789 DQ Write 606 DQ Mixed 33.1 205% 476 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 296% Great: 254%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206960576 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2243 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2953716 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 708 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 37 669 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 61 605487138 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8207 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 55834574882 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 224059 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 64128156697097 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3362727830 (F2) Unknown 100 253 57106440588	96.4% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 175 Mixed 122 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.23 4K Mixed 0.79 216% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 219747928 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5194 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42586146 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8130 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2331 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 51540459533 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 4917166115 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 466 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38399 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 -140737488355293 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 77 226210 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 42726334664436 (F1) Unknown 100 253 108911018005032 (F2) Unknown 100 253 77832991720050	101% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 176 Mixed 159 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.29 93% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 223GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 167 157 6633 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10753 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5310 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 552 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10760 (C2) HDA temperature 112 94 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.8% Below average	Read 70.8 Write 67.4 Mixed 67.6 52% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.43 108% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 69%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 5,095 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 864GB free, PID 61b5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 132 Mixed 101 146% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.27 90% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 52%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 5,095 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 512GB free, PID 61b5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 86.9 Write 115 Mixed 59.4 113% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.28 61% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 29 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 47.9 SC Mixed 33.6 101% 35.4 GB/s	Latency 45 89% 45 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 128%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,360x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,793x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	767x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	719x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	641x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	508x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	339x
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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	382x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	179x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16