MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.9% 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	64.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190404
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '19 at 21:50
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 830 83% 678 Pts	64-Core 1,105 68% 1,105 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 104 85% 106 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 99 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 74 75 62 61 50 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 264 Write 122 Mixed 173 SusWrite 68.5 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 38.6 146% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 92.5 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 94.7 75% 103 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 73%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$247 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 914GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 477 482 482 486 485 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 489 Mixed 437 SusWrite 479 108% 479 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 46.8 171% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 334GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1538 1061 590 589 590 590 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,747 Write 1,724 Mixed 724 SusWrite 826 280% 1,255 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 57.7 217% 83.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,050 DQ Write 1,286 DQ Mixed 882 745% 1,073 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 254%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 139 141 141 140 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 128 Write 125 Mixed 91 SusWrite 140 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 292GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 70 68 68 65 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 98 Write 79.3 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 66.2 54% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 77%
HGST HTS 541010A9E680 1TB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 614GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 99 100 99 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 78.8 Write 76.7 Mixed 29 SusWrite 98.9 95% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2800 2x8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 28.3 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 27.3 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%

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Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) - $125

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $184Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,369x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,804x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	771x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	723x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	643x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	509x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	340x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	250x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	188x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	382x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	180x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16