MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.07% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	245% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '17 at 05:38
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 792 72% 604 Pts	64-Core 1,129 70% 1,129 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B45) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4815 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.07% Terrible	Lighting 8.8 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.09 7% 9.55 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 7.07 Splatting 15.7 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.07% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,756 Write 1,141 Mixed 1,295 379% 1,731 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 28.2 209% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 62.3 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 28.7 49% 91.6 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 236%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 226GB free Firmware: SC23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172295864 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5054 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12790219 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1595 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 121 (BE) vendor-specific 70 48 522059806 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5113 (C2) HDA temperature 30 52 85899345950 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68.5% Good	Read 119 Write 120 Mixed 113 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 191GB free Firmware: DGW2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 182002544 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4099 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6296145 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1732 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 538902559 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 90194313247 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 19 182002544 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 12837657253380 (F1) Unknown 100 253 43610685364295 (F2) Unknown 100 253 69826451226347	61.3% Good	Read 107 Write 106 Mixed 107 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.34 100% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB-$96 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	91.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 25.1 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 28.9 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 128%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) - $206

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,301x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	606x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	264x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	541x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	438x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	251x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	154x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	141x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	194x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	122x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $973

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16