MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.8% 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.

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Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 17:10
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 194 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 776 68% 581 Pts	64-Core 1,137 70% 1,137 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 78.4 Parallax 66.1 62% 73.4 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 74.6 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U128G1122 128GB 823 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4162000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 106 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7798870 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 85 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 188979871780 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 103080132632 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 212 (EA) Unknown 100 100 368 (F1) Unknown 253 253 322 (F2) Unknown 253 253 220 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69.8% Good	Read 434 Write 300 Mixed 358 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 18.1 105% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 60.1 DQ Write 92.4 DQ Mixed 18.5 30% 57 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 94%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 408GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 134 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11914 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10484 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 789 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 152 152 146121 (C2) HDA temperature 109 100 34 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 122 Mixed 123 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.18 83% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 327GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 141 3883 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 784 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1958 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 683 (C2) HDA temperature 106 96 37 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.8% Average	Read 101 Write 72.7 Mixed 89.9 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.38 86% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 26.1 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 24.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 99%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,352x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,783x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	764x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	717x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	636x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	507x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	338x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	247x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	187x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	379x
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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $834

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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