MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	291% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170904
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 12:28
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 160 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 621 8-Core 1,049 102% 835 Pts	64-Core 1,271 79% 1,271 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1649 MHz, MLim: 1987 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 78.4 Parallax 70.5 62% 75 fps	MRender 82.9 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 61.4 58% 72 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,842 Write 1,418 Mixed 1,512 423% 1,924 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 32.6 222% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 626 DQ Write 598 DQ Mixed 244 284% 489 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 254%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 227406680 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2248 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3013066 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2631 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 713 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 37 669 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 454492187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8217 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 55834574875 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 224059 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 90460601188893 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3383797620 (F2) Unknown 100 253 65712254491	82.1% Excellent	Read 131 Write 155 Mixed 117 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.82 219% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6673784 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5199 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42620750 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8142 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2336 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 51540459533 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 48 4749393947 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 466 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38410 (C2) HDA temperature 27 52 -140737488355301 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 77 226210 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -4226247815424 (F1) Unknown 100 253 109084801637727 (F2) Unknown 100 253 77955343689042	103% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 184 Mixed 160 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.35 93% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 223GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 166 157 6683 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10758 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20277 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5315 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 552 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10765 (C2) HDA temperature 121 94 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.3% Average	Read 73.3 Write 66.9 Mixed 66.3 52% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.38 103% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 69%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 5,095 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 864GB free, PID 61b5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 98.6 Write 115 Mixed 92.1 133% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.28 91% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 52%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 5,095 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 516GB free, PID 61b5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	44% Average	Read 81.6 Write 127 Mixed 69.8 123% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.29 61% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 29 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 44.3 SC Mixed 33.3 98% 34.3 GB/s	Latency 45.5 88% 45.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 128%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 85%

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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