MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	13.9% 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	The 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.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '18 at 21:39
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 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 (98^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 240 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 706 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Nvidia(10DE 1C02) 3GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 397.93 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	13.9% Very poor	Lighting 15.6 Reflection 15.5 Parallax 15.9 13% 15.7 fps	MRender 22.6 Gravity 14.4 Splatting 21.3 16% 19.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 152940856 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18611 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 579875299 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1222 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 538181664 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18657 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 25769803808 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	83.6% Excellent	Read 149 Write 143 Mixed 133 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.18 65% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 100%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 536GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897026236 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 637 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3692 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 637 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 637 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 637 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 176094642211 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	110% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 189 Mixed 149 132% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.12 85% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 107%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 404GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 233092603 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 34 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 65593058627 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 61654 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1964 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 3077 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 471072796 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 31 233092603 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	51.9% Above average	Read 94 Write 87 Mixed 81.3 66% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.4 90% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SP008GBLFU213B02 1x8GB 635 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.6% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 10.3 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 10.9 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 43%

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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 $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