MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.6% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170904
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '18 at 20:29
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 81.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 861 82% 680 Pts	64-Core 1,136 70% 1,136 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.5% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 65 Parallax 55.9 54% 62.6 fps	MRender 56.7 Gravity 59.3 Splatting 61.3 49% 59.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 60%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B61) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4982 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.9% Terrible	Lighting 7.27 Reflection 10 Parallax 7.22 6% 8.16 fps	MRender 9.57 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 14.6 9% 10.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.9% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U128G1122 128GB 823 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4162000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1115 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 216 (A5) Unknown 100 100 537032394909 (A6) Unknown 100 100 19 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 180 (A9) Unknown 100 100 85 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 56 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 55 236224512046 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6726053005312 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6807 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9393 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8536 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2422 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	88.6% Excellent	Read 501 Write 286 Mixed 349 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 20.6 137% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 51.3 95% 190 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 94%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 202GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 141 3866 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1017 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2967 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 931 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 901 (C2) HDA temperature 103 94 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.8% Average	Read 80 Write 75.8 Mixed 72.7 57% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.33 91% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 5GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 134 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12080 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11492 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 955 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 149 149 155565 (C2) HDA temperature 106 98 37 (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	63.2% Good	Read 113 Write 107 Mixed 77.6 74% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.19 92% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.3% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 99%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,354x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,789x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	765x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	717x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	638x
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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	187x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	379x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	179x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $834

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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