MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.1% 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	276% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 14:35
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i5-8600K-$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 above expectations (65^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 87.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 741 79% 632 Pts	64-Core 734 46% 734 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3171) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.1% Above average	Lighting 63.2 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 60.2 52% 63.7 fps	MRender 65.5 Gravity 57.3 Splatting 53.3 47% 58.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,628 Write 1,435 Mixed 1,472 406% 1,845 MB/s	4K Read 56.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 51 213% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 520 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 174 197% 341 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 254%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 861GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 76 76350210 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 97 (03) Spinup time 121 121 25790120249 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8918 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 234 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22413 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4463 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8936 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8936 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 223338954782 (C4) Reallocation count 96 96 246 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 37 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	75.2% Very good	Read 129 Write 133 Mixed 133 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.42 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 191GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 167 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3651 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8589 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2905 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3549 (C2) HDA temperature 111 98 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	79.8% Very good	Read 152 Write 127 Mixed 115 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.27 85% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 109%
Maxtor 6V160E0 160GB 1,693 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 75GB free Firmware: VA111900 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 208 207 16142 (04) Start/Stop count 249 249 8243 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 250 239 54517 (09) Power-on hours count 189 189 22433 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 249 249 1895 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 555548705 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 253 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 897 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 97 1 31817 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	31.4% Below average	Read 52.2 Write 56.5 Mixed 50.5 40% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.55 130% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.9 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 21.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 79%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,353x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,788x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	764x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	717x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	637x
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 $95Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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