MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '18 at 10:22
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 733 77% 619 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Lighting 83.8 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 71.6 68% 79.2 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 76.5 Splatting 78.6 63% 76.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 291 309 305 292 304 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 414 Write 463 Mixed 319 SusWrite 319 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 42.9 147% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 181 154% 218 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 107%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 171 171 170 170 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 156 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 170 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 247GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 146 146 147 146 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 153 Write 152 Mixed 81 SusWrite 146 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 1,132 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2602 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 24.8 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%

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

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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	2,352x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,787x
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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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