MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 00:36
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$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 (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 122 2-Core 245 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 638 71% 558 Pts	64-Core 720 44% 720 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
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: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 66.4 64% 74.1 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 69.4 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 13 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 865 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 244 (64) Unknown 100 100 1780560 (65) Unknown 100 100 287232 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 1049 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 691 (B7) Unknown 98 98 13 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 100 180389478426 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 13 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 13 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3330 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1680 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2618 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2377 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 13	63% Good	Read 467 Write 188 Mixed 216 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 10.3 84% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 21.1 63% 141 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 796GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 137323325 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 317 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2608591 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 865 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (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 75 59 420347929 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 318 (C2) HDA temperature 25 12 51539607577 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 137323325 (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 59425167508312 (F1) Unknown 100 253 803827288 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1132227405	103% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 163 Mixed 135 123% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.29 101% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 24GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 134 Write 53.8 Mixed 60.2 91% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.53 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.88 119% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 23.6 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 25.9 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 91%

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Gaming 93%

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Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

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	764x

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 $92Bench 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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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