MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 04:36
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$184 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 899 88% 720 Pts	64-Core 1,190 74% 1,190 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 376B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 194 Parallax 185 140% 183 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 160 Splatting 122 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 136GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 438 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 200 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 76 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 48 22 335008694324 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2929032787 (F7) Unknown 100 100 91630190 (F8) Unknown 100 100 38246397 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1957 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	85.1% Excellent	Read 486 Write 341 Mixed 339 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 24.7 112% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 43.2 88% 181 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 98%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1842 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 839 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3930021365595 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 26 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 225 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 35 279172874291 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2692958192243 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1756 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8840 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3764 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3939 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	53.2% Above average	Read 437 Write 43.7 Mixed 216 50% 232 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 5.03 90% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 5.36 55% 126 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 928GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3498 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11953 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1643 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 365 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3231 (C2) HDA temperature 107 96 36 (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 200 197 597 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	104% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 179 Mixed 163 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.96 4K Mixed 0.37 149% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 544GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 171 1283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1224 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 947 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 267 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4467 (C2) HDA temperature 105 92 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	96.8% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 149 Mixed 159 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.23 96% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.3% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 15.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 104%

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Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) - $125

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $184Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,372x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,808x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	773x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	723x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	643x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	509x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	341x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	250x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	190x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	382x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	180x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16