MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.1% 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.

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	12.3 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	3 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 20:14
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 913 90% 733 Pts	64-Core 1,166 72% 1,166 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.6% 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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 73.1 Parallax 64.6 62% 71.3 fps	MRender 69.1 Gravity 68.9 Splatting 67.7 56% 68.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% 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 (100^th percentile)	7.57% Terrible	Lighting 7.87 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 8 6% 9.07 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 15.8 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.57% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U128G1122 128GB 823 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4162000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1142 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 224 (A5) Unknown 100 100 554213509298 (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 57 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 55 236224512045 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6751823726606 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6847 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9478 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8607 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2504 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	89.1% Excellent	Read 498 Write 267 Mixed 303 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 25.4 137% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 55.5 102% 204 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 94%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 205GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 141 3891 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1029 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2994 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 939 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 913 (C2) HDA temperature 101 94 42 (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	46.5% Average	Read 82.7 Write 79.3 Mixed 78.6 60% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.41 96% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 12088 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11519 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 963 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 148 148 156280 (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	69.6% Good	Read 135 Write 108 Mixed 117 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.6% 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.4 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 31.2 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 99%

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Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

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 $179	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