MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	17.1 Days
Run Date	May 31 '18 at 20:22
Run Duration	379 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 460 61% 460 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 77.9 Parallax 73.7 64% 76.6 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 70.1 Splatting 72.7 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 716GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 156853603 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 784 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 59 8670247399 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1846 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 308 (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 59 50 689831977 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 786 (C2) HDA temperature 41 15 64424509481 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 156853603 (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 29463475652227 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17129193347 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23136905158	90% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 159 Mixed 144 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.26 96% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 557GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 68 68 10440 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8348 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10143 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3655 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 521732127 (C2) HDA temperature 61 50 655949863 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4240 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0
Poor: 31% Great: 62%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 212GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 75 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3916 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6584 (05) Reallocated sector count 198 198 9 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15258 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5508 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 329 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6254 (C2) HDA temperature 103 87 40 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 26% Great: 61%
Generic Flash Disk 68GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 64GB free, PID 7788 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	5.13% Terrible	Read 18 Write 4.02 Mixed 3.24 8% 8.42 MB/s	4K Read 6.65 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.02 26% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 5.13% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS824A.C8FHP 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 859B CT4G4DFS824A.C8FHP 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.6% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.5 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 64%

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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	1,785x
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 $130Bench 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 $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) $30	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