MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.61% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171220
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 21:02
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	5%

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)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 725 76% 610 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B61) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4974 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.61% Terrible	Lighting 6.97 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 7.06 6% 8.18 fps	MRender 8.24 Gravity 6.2 Splatting 14.6 8% 9.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.61% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 395 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (64) Unknown 100 100 387280 (65) Unknown 100 100 59776 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 168 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 676 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 171800068125 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1003 (EA) Unknown 100 100 517 (F1) Unknown 100 100 722 (F2) Unknown 100 100 879 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1	65.7% Good	Read 480 Write 248 Mixed 174 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 11.3 81% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 32.4 64% 133 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 175 168 6250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 901 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 533 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 429 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 117 117 250958 (C2) HDA temperature 121 99 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	55.2% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 93.8 Mixed 91.6 71% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.17 54% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 67%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 931GB free Firmware: JA0OA710 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 76 131072 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 166 100 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1457 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 131088 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 6600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1037 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 1 -134990821256334 (BC) Unknown 100 100 196610 (BE) vendor-specific 73 50 437977115 (BF) G-sense error rate 97 97 978 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3604535 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 55 55 457574 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	56% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 101 Mixed 92.4 72% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.15 61% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 57%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB-$71 14,401 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 698GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 170 1958 (04) Start/Stop count 69 69 31291 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5561 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1147 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 927 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 162 162 115523 (C2) HDA temperature 121 99 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	61.1% Good	Read 96.6 Write 116 Mixed 101 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.24 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 62%
Apple HDD HTS545050A7E362 500GB 4,646 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 465GB free Firmware: GG2AB990 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 204 204 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4864 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 140 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 4578 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 3917010174100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 44844 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 188978626586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 202 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 21168 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 39 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 68 68 8346	56.8% Above average	Read 98.9 Write 99.5 Mixed 96.5 74% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.15 44% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FE 1x8GB 2,742 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	41.9% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.5 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 13.2 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 47%

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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