MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83% 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	72.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '22 at 22:43
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$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 (72^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 237 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 706 74% 591 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 85% 105 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 97.9 79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: LCSi SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 110 117 117 114 106 MB/s Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	72.3% Very good	Read 270 Write 196 Mixed 214 SusWrite 115 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 39.6 147% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 172 138% 196 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 88%
Adata SWORDFISH 2TB 1,035 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 1TB free Firmware: V9002s72 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1008 1041 1044 1100 1086 1080 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,867 Write 1,072 Mixed 913 SusWrite 1,060 273% 1,228 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 51.2 187% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 741 DQ Mixed 453 362% 490 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 227%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 421GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 99 99 99 99 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 92 Write 85.7 Mixed 67 SusWrite 98.5 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 98%
Tph01204000gb 0 4TB 204 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 188GB free Firmware: MFAOAA50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 105 105 105 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 91 Write 105 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 105 58% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43BB1-CPB Kingston 9905702-120.A00G 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.9% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 21.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 69%

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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	2,354x
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 $45	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