MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	95.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170904
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '20 at 04:48
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$139 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 855 90% 719 Pts	64-Core 858 53% 858 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.1 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 139 Parallax 198 99% 153 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 125 Splatting 95.5 90% 111 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 256GB-$225 3,223 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: HTRAN101 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 418 Write 203 Mixed 420 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 40.8 128% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 337 217% 256 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 106%
Seagate ST500DM002 500GB 500 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 173GB free Firmware: ZZZZ SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 159 162 162 162 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 142 Write 61.6 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 161 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 46GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 128 131 130 130 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 141 Write 67.9 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 130 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 48GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 74 75 74 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 79 Write 82.6 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 74.2 54% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown D4H8GL32A8TS 2x8GB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 29.2 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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Typical Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) Builds (Compare 7,309 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $184Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,373x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,808x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	773x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	723x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	643x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	509x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	341x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	250x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	190x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	382x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	180x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16