MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	172% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 03:46
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 (98^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 90.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 240 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 714 75% 601 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.1% Very good	Lighting 95.7 Reflection 103 Parallax 89.9 78% 96.3 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 87.2 Splatting 88 72% 88.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,995 Write 380 Mixed 1,353 272% 1,243 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 52.2 168% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 411 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 152 175% 301 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 185%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 45GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 79 6315202 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -87471303938143 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1061 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 60 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6315202 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6315202 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6315202 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4434 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3066 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3066 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10813	54.3% Above average	Read 452 Write 78.9 Mixed 130 47% 220 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 12.8 96% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 76.3 DQ Mixed 28.3 38% 68.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 136GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 51768904 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 486 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 375314198 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 37427 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 390 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 62 32 -29441193344986 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 233107 (C2) HDA temperature 38 68 -140737488355290 (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 90542205600763 (F1) Unknown 100 253 61429374892 (F2) Unknown 100 253 63735804788	89.2% Excellent	Read 162 Write 150 Mixed 133 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.26 79% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.4 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 83%

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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