MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	242% 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	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 (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171220
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '18 at 03:07
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 713 75% 600 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$4 10,188 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 437GB free (System drive) Firmware: Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,488 Write 1,046 Mixed 1,180 344% 1,571 MB/s	4K Read 61.4 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 52.7 210% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 484 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 121 148% 268 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 293%
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 223GB free Firmware: CS900612 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 886 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 90 90 181 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262158 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 24 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 781	94% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 476 Mixed 499 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 12.5 112% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 21.5 88% 197 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 91%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 01.00101 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 40 10225 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10784 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 7 7 68233 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 302 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 103302 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 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	76.1% Very good	Read 140 Write 125 Mixed 112 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 3.05 4K Mixed 0.51 164% 1.59 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 83%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 833GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 40.3 Mixed 37.6 50% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x4GB 16,490 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 24.7 86% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 25.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 98%

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Typical Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) Builds (Compare 7,262 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,360x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,794x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	768x

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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	339x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	248x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16