MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.7% 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 Drive	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '18 at 20:57
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 818 77% 639 Pts	64-Core 983 61% 983 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 108 89% 110 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 101 Splatting 103 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 317 320 319 319 318 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 476 Mixed 449 SusWrite 336 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 60.1 203% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 128%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 101GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 186 188 212 204 222 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 352 Write 260 Mixed 274 SusWrite 200 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 37.9 145% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 228 173% 232 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 38GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 288 291 287 274 227 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 473 Mixed 407 SusWrite 294 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.8 198% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 369GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 154 151 153 156 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 139 Write 138 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 153 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.3 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 95%

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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	1,785x
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