MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B61
MotherboardMSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190404
Uptime2.1 Days
Run DateJul 26 '19 at 15:32
Run Duration105 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-9400F-$96
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
89.2% Excellent
Memory 89
1-Core 126
2-Core 249
86% 155 Pts
4-Core 497
8-Core 608
71% 553 Pts
64-Core 656
41% 656 Pts
Poor: 72%
This bench: 89.2%
Great: 91%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
EVGA(3842 1267) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
82% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 92.8
Parallax 86.7
86% 95.1 fps
MRender 105
Gravity 89.5
Splatting 80
74% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82%
Great: 81%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016)-$28
164GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 90 114 102 119 115 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
75% Very good
Read 158
Write 169
Mixed 69
SusWrite 104
91% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 75%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 4ATF51264AZ-2G3E1 Hynix HMA851U6CJR6N-VK Hynix HMA851U6CJR6N-VK 4ATF51264AZ-2G3B1 16GB
2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
73% Very good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 27
MC Mixed 23.9
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 27
SC Mixed 24.1
63% 22.1 GB/s
Latency 68.4
58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 73%
Great: 73%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) Builds (Compare 7,252 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) - $125

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $726
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HDDRAMUSB
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