MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170904
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '21 at 09:36
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 259 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 616 68% 536 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 138 Parallax 129 106% 132 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 119 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0518BS Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 469 Write 406 Mixed 379 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 45.9 162% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 58.8 78% 139 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 107%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 288GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 116 116 114 116 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 91 Write 94.5 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 114 56% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 10.1 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 9.4 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 60%

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

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Typical Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) Builds (Compare 7,261 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,360x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,794x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	767x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	719x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	641x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	508x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $74Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	339x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	248x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	187x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	382x
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: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $624

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16