MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.2% 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	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '19 at 20:49
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 831 81% 662 Pts	64-Core 1,268 78% 1,268 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 106 Parallax 105 88% 106 fps	MRender 147 Gravity 107 Splatting 89.2 91% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB 36,832 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFA12.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 104 79 56 58 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 313 Write 117 Mixed 259 SusWrite 87.6 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 28.4 115% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 18.6 DQ Mixed 31 50% 105 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 191 194 193 191 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 141 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 192 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 258GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 122 121 122 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 134 Write 130 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 121 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.8 340% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL18-20-20 D4-3000 2x8GB 2,517 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 16.9 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 98%

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

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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