MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	297% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '18 at 17:46
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8500-$172 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 760 79% 634 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 134 Parallax 126 105% 130 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 127 Splatting 99.5 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG Gammix S11 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 2,445 User benchmarks, average bench 208% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2,773 Write 1,607 Mixed 1,986 469% 2,122 MB/s	4K Read 62.3 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 55.3 241% 86.9 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 383 DQ Mixed 44.9 120% 252 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 310%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$50 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 102GB free Firmware: UF300000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 198 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (A5) Unknown 100 100 212 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 137 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 52 223339151394 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 257701969980 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 719 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1616 (F1) Unknown 100 100 712 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5354 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	43.9% Average	Read 494 Write 167 Mixed 165 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 18 4K Mixed 3 39% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 99.7 DQ Write 47.4 DQ Mixed 2.91 21% 50 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 55%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 928GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1562 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12104 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1559 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1513 (C2) HDA temperature 108 106 35 (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	97.4% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 166 Mixed 162 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.26 132% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 27.9 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 29.8 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 104%

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Gaming 93%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,361x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,796x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	769x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	721x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	641x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	508x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	339x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	248x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	187x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	382x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	179x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $34Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $636

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16