MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	212% 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	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '17 at 04:04
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 148 2-Core 289 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 920 90% 740 Pts	64-Core 1,149 71% 1,149 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Lighting 83.6 Reflection 88.2 Parallax 77.5 68% 83.1 fps	MRender 84 Gravity 78 Splatting 71.1 63% 77.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,882 Write 1,032 Mixed 1,303 310% 1,406 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 48.5 159% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 569 DQ Write 526 DQ Mixed 159 226% 418 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 185%
Seagate ST33000651NS 3TB 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 3TB free Firmware: G009 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 79887784 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 90 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 5089831637 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24612 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 87 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 54 54 46 (BE) vendor-specific 77 42 14474427039767 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 246 (C2) HDA temperature 23 58 73014444055 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 9 79887784 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	87.2% Excellent	Read 149 Write 155 Mixed 142 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.74 166% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 302GB free Firmware: KC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 225177512 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2733 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 609347875 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19198 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2713 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032883 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 51 353632277 (C2) HDA temperature 21 49 42949672981 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 30 225177512 (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 -53377853535518 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3045614208 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2127090376	64.3% Good	Read 117 Write 107 Mixed 99.9 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.61 114% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 88%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$56 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 51GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 174 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5382 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1943 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5289 (C2) HDA temperature 125 101 22 (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 4	52.4% Above average	Read 113 Write 69.6 Mixed 76.6 65% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.36 106% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 20.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 101%

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Gaming 111%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,286x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	603x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	535x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	436x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	249x

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	140x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	194x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $964

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