MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	116% 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	241% 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	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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '18 at 15:57
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 162 2-Core 325 105% 194 Pts	4-Core 646 8-Core 886 97% 766 Pts	64-Core 947 59% 947 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 160 Parallax 137 128% 151 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 147 Splatting 116 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 417GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,148 Write 1,421 Mixed 1,270 356% 1,613 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 31.5 198% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 58.8 DQ Write 410 DQ Mixed 208 168% 226 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 254%
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 119GB free Firmware: P1225CE Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^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 37 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 36 (A3) Unknown 100 100 47 (A4) Unknown 100 100 6225 (A5) Unknown 100 100 22 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 6 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (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 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (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 12605 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10543 (F5) Unknown 100 100 24900	106% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 311 Mixed 390 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 47.6 178% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 65.3 99% 187 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 10046424 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 50 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 4296135742 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 208 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (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 67 63 554827809 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1648 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 51539607585 (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 18738942312574 (F1) Unknown 100 253 630678841 (F2) Unknown 100 253 69881220933	97.7% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 159 Mixed 159 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.22 71% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB 1,384 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 31 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 29.2 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 95%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,352x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,784x
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 $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) $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