MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	330% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '18 at 15:34
Run Duration	316 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 149 2-Core 293 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 928 91% 746 Pts	64-Core 1,179 73% 1,179 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 22FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1410 MHz, MLim: 2235 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 73.7 Parallax 95.4 64% 82.3 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 58.9 54% 67.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2151 682 607 606 606 610 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	330% Outstanding	Read 2,569 Write 2,132 Mixed 1,251 SusWrite 877 380% 1,707 MB/s	4K Read 72.3 4K Write 206 4K Mixed 101 348% 127 MB/s	DQ Read 1,572 DQ Write 1,412 DQ Mixed 1,463 1,105% 1,483 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 330% Great: 340%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4TB free Firmware: RT17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 152 156 155 155 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 123 Write 108 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 154 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 0.7 266% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$99 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 545GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 92 98 94 94 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 96.4 Mixed 63.1 SusWrite 94.5 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 86%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 931GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 113 114 113 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 109 Write 110 Mixed 55.6 SusWrite 113 71% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 125 127 127 127 126 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 77 Write 87.9 Mixed 24.4 SusWrite 124 57% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 0.6 251% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 90%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 369GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 73 72 74 73 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 71.2 Write 61.8 Mixed 50.9 SusWrite 72.5 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 67%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 396GB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 64 65 66 65 66 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 74.7 Write 62.9 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 65.9 88% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.6 214% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 63%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 39 39 38 39 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	20% Poor	Read 32.9 Write 31.4 Mixed 27 SusWrite 38.2 44% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 102% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 44%
Seagate FreeAgent 1.5TB 684 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 1.5TB free, PID 3001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 36.1 Write 35.1 Mixed 25.9 SusWrite 37 45% 33.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 91% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 20%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 325GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 35.1 Write 35.4 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 38.5 47% 34.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 04CB DDR4 2400 2OZ 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 32GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2460, 2460, 2460, 2460 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.1 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 27.5 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 85%

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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	2,356x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,791x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	766x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	718x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	639x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	508x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	338x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	248x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	187x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	382x
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 $269	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 $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