MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	34.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '19 at 15:03
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 274 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 802 81% 659 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 116 Parallax 236 106% 161 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 126 Splatting 158 111% 132 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 83 76 77 86 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 451 Write 108 Mixed 100 SusWrite 81.6 40% 185 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 5.3 41% 10.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 78%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 466GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1052 1199 105 140 102 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,454 Write 1,543 Mixed 1,068 SusWrite 450 253% 1,129 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 81.3 290% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 625 DQ Write 908 DQ Mixed 272 344% 601 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 405GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 104 103 105 104 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 100 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 104 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C17 2x8GB 5,767 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 24.6 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 25.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	2,352x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,784x
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	636x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	507x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	338x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	179x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $834

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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