MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171220
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '19 at 10:54
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 665 70% 561 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 146 Parallax 127 109% 136 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 130 Splatting 109 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 119 88 138 141 152 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 327 Write 231 Mixed 248 SusWrite 129 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 42.2 159% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 144 132% 203 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 91%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 101GB free Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 453 456 461 470 461 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 388 Write 448 Mixed 334 SusWrite 459 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 41.3 164% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 316 240% 323 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 262GB free Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 429 427 432 434 435 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 461 Mixed 444 SusWrite 433 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 68 219% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 213 186% 274 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 128%
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$4 10,188 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 273GB free Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 932 551 553 549 550 555 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,329 Write 1,412 Mixed 1,214 SusWrite 615 308% 1,393 MB/s	4K Read 63.9 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 90.6 296% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,360 DQ Write 1044 DQ Mixed 1,023 814% 1,142 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 293%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$63 6,179 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.4% Above average	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 19.4 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 102%

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Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

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	1,783x
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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	247x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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