MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.8% 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	80.2% 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	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 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 05:13
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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 i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 252 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 738 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 2GB CLim: 1006 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.8% Terrible	Lighting 9.87 Reflection 8.69 Parallax 10.2 8% 9.58 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 8.2 Splatting 7.7 7% 9.17 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.8% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0526A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 90 (A3) Unknown 100 100 8 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1516 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7136 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4464 (F5) Unknown 100 100 6064	80.2% Excellent	Read 455 Write 411 Mixed 441 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 22.4 115% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 99.5 DQ Mixed 21.9 29% 50.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 58474392 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6476 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4734047 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1731 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 17768316963 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 685 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32541 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 -140737488355293 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -72438918411425 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9515649532 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8275169782	104% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 196 Mixed 157 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.35 106% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 271GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 182 180 2023 (03) Spinup time 206 161 4691 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4427 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1952 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1007 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23294 (C2) HDA temperature 118 91 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	42.5% Average	Read 85.6 Write 62.5 Mixed 93.3 61% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.19 56% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 67%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 216GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 151 13941 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5746 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1633 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 678 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 33808 (C2) HDA temperature 113 92 39 (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	51.7% Above average	Read 92 Write 87.7 Mixed 85.6 67% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.35 99% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.M8FB 2x4GB 473 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 22.3 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.3 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 79%

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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