MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.3% 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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '17 at 17:29
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (68^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 89.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 874 83% 686 Pts	64-Core 1,093 68% 1,093 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 157 Parallax 126 119% 143 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 165 Splatting 114 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blaze 240GB-$50 1,382 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 78GB free Firmware: S8FM07.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7286 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1223 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (AA) Unknown 100 100 721 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1179714 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1124	71.8% Very good	Read 504 Write 301 Mixed 365 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 7.79 94% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 21.6 54% 111 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 85%
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -56839597190407 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1488 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 93 (B7) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 38 53 73017917478 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 93 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 185227 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 185227 (F2) Unknown 100 100 361919 (F9) Unknown 100 100 22246	60.3% Good	Read 500 Write 115 Mixed 177 57% 264 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 14.5 94% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 12.4 42% 93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 79%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 140 11250 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3227 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5039 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 306 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3211 (C2) HDA temperature 116 99 36 (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	97.3% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 162 Mixed 160 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 3.22 4K Mixed 0.31 135% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 100%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 197 197 10430 (03) Spinup time 177 174 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3018 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 198 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 303 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7584 (C2) HDA temperature 115 106 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 88 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 31 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 493786	66.7% Good	Read 117 Write 115 Mixed 117 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.29 108% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 19.9 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 117%

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Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 3,944 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

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 $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) $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