MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 34.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	40.4% 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	76.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170904
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 14:43
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Memory 56.2 1-Core 25 2-Core 49.9 30% 43.7 Pts	4-Core 75.5 8-Core 138 13% 107 Pts	64-Core 205 13% 205 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85ED) 3GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.4% Average	Lighting 40.8 Reflection 52.1 Parallax 64.8 33% 52.6 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 65.7 54% 66.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$108 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 14 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 20 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 67 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 259206415	76.7% Very good	Read 487 Write 478 Mixed 497 109% 487 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 24.3 84% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 65.3 DQ Mixed 29.8 27% 40 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 100 8112248 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 24 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 6657 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 72 353501205 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 125 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 73014444053 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -63921998266364 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7317611 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4210706	102% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 169 Mixed 176 134% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.19 86% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	42.6% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 7.7 21% 7.47 GB/s	Latency 139 29% 139 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 88%

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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	1,785x
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 $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 $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) $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