MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.7% 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.

Run History

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	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180515
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '18 at 22:25
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 623 82% 618 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 79 Parallax 76 63% 77.6 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 73 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5170 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1919 (A5) Unknown 100 100 850523915936 (A6) Unknown 100 100 11 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 58 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 50 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 59 253403529244 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622941546004 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7121 (EA) Unknown 100 100 17777 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11515 (F2) Unknown 253 253 26858 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	74.7% Very good	Read 462 Write 326 Mixed 328 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 18.7 105% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 10.1 40% 83.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 101%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 258GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 196611 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 93 (03) Spinup time 121 121 25790382391 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5633 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 130 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5509 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5885 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5885 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 188979478556 (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 200 200 0	51.8% Above average	Read 85.8 Write 94.6 Mixed 112 74% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.29 75% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 2x4GB 13,047 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 28.7 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 29.8 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 106%

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

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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 $175Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,380x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,823x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	776x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	726x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	643x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	511x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	344x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	251x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	191x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	382x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	180x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $32Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	166x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $620

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16