MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.2% 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '20 at 22:08
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 711 78% 619 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 78.6 Parallax 68.5 65% 75.7 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 72.9 60% 73 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP550NS38 240GB 1,419 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0414B SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 78 69 85 83 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 450 Mixed 393 SusWrite 114 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 48.9 169% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 235 202% 295 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 94%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 268GB free Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 418 410 410 410 415 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 362 Write 425 Mixed 284 SusWrite 408 84% 370 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 35.5 130% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 153 145% 223 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 102%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 154 152 152 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 152 Write 146 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 152 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 84%
Samsung Flash Drive DUO 32GB 866 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 26GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 26 27 26 26 23 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 132 Write 10 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 26.2 46% 48.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.1 87% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 27.5 94% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 28.3 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 108%

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Gaming 93%

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Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

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	766x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	718x
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 $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 $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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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