MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.6% 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	102% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171220
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 14:36
Run Duration	569 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 137 2-Core 257 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 721 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Gigabyte(1458 22BD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1025 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 61.5 Parallax 83.8 56% 71.3 fps	MRender 61.5 Gravity 55.5 Splatting 79.3 55% 65.4 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 277GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 534 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 191 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 63 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12953020768	102% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 403 Mixed 418 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 42.7 151% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 110 117% 195 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Patriot MEMORY 32GB SSD 41 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 26GB free Firmware: 02.10104 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23717 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 0 (E5) Unknown 100 0 -21488961530388 (E8) Unknown 100 48 9028846498104 (E9) Unknown 100 0 5972035074 (EA) Unknown 100 0 485633351697 (EB) Unknown 100 0 4026649631	20.2% Poor	Read 150 Write 94.1 Mixed 115 26% 120 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 1.72 31% 7.39 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 20%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7228 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 43 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 116 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 143 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 171799805985 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 92 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 642 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 57% Great: 104%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 143 10350 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4055 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9985 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1398 (10) Unknown 10 190 185081908756 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 251 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3803 (C2) HDA temperature 120 94 32 (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	74.2% Very good	Read 132 Write 127 Mixed 118 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.92 4K Mixed 0.23 108% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 112%
WD My Book 1105 4TB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 748GB free Firmware: 1017 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	52.6% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 86.1 Mixed 90.2 69% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.95 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.17 108% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 731GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 115578840 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5984 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15881169 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1331 (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 72 54 470810652 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 788 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29410 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 55834574876 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -31172872631084 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7070864569 (F2) Unknown 100 253 367813050556	83.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 139 Mixed 142 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.17 66% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 114%
Lexar CF USB_3_0 Read 64GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 55GB free, PID b049 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 129 Write 74.1 Mixed 96.5 120% 100 MB/s	4K Read 8.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.98 107% 3.69 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 56%
Jmicron Corp. 128GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 34GB free, PID 2509 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 39.6 Write 42.5 Mixed 41.1 54% 41.1 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 9.3 1,036% 14 MB/s	DQ Read 13.9 DQ Write 23 DQ Mixed 9.81 1,169% 15.6 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 137%
Generic Flash Disk 32GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 14GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	2.79% Terrible	Read 12.9 Write 3.27 Mixed 3.45 6% 6.54 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.004 3% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.79% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	70.6% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 20.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 22.7 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 88%

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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