MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	128% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '17 at 04:03
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	82%

PC Performing as expected (46^th 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 below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 233 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 778 73% 605 Pts	64-Core 1,067 66% 1,067 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% 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% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 1,828 Write 475 Mixed 662 214% 988 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 58.6 4K Mixed 11.5 82% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 66.8 DQ Mixed 14.5 20% 35.5 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 254%
Intel MEMPEK1W032GA 29GB 1,656 User benchmarks, average bench 263% 27GB free Firmware: K3110300 Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1,255 Write 281 Mixed 463 144% 666 MB/s	4K Read 197 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 125 527% 150 MB/s	DQ Read 504 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 103 150% 286 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 328%
Corsair Neutron 256GB-$255 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 16GB free Firmware: M306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 11 16 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1285 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 0 64428113959 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 99 0 (E7) Temperature 96 96 5 (EA) Unknown 100 100 176036 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12903 (F2) Unknown 100 100 27239 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 7955510	93.7% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 415 Mixed 338 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 25.5 118% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 72.9 119% 229 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 97%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 177 5500 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5893 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13602 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1595 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 475 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 70295 (C2) HDA temperature 108 102 42 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.7% Very good	Read 129 Write 131 Mixed 136 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.2 96% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 468GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 178 5450 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5111 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13909 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1655 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1025 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 167 167 100827 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 35 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.6% Very good	Read 129 Write 131 Mixed 117 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.19 85% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3466C16 4x8GB 549 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 20.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 125%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) - $210

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,218x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	247x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	132x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	345x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	260x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	105x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	97x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	83x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	119x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	87x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	78x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,094

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 $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) $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