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

Performance Results


Gaming 151% UFO	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 142% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	139% 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	346% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171214
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '18 at 13:35
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 160 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 637 8-Core 1,048 103% 842 Pts	64-Core 1,326 82% 1,326 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% 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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 209 Parallax 188 160% 198 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 191 Splatting 134 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	346% Outstanding	Read 2,988 Write 1,877 Mixed 1,874 496% 2,246 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 73 279% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 632 DQ Write 552 DQ Mixed 271 291% 485 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 346% Great: 353%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4.5TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 30579800 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9999 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 13053325218 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19336 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 401 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 85900787745 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 61 39 2942708809767 (BF) G-sense error rate 89 89 23390 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55859 (C2) HDA temperature 39 61 73014444071 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 111 100 30579800 (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 -50216757622621 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21721204353 (F2) Unknown 100 253 49366674510
Poor: 34% Great: 90%
Lacie d2 TBT2 USB3 3TB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3TB free Firmware: 1153 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 184 Mixed 151 132% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.22 91% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%
Lacie d2 TBT2 USB3 4TB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: 1153 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 181 Mixed 163 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.39 135% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 119%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free Firmware: 1AN10003 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 26 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 61 61 11920 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4495 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 20 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 181 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 592 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 2106545 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 58 180390133798 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 20 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 18380 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 73959	67.3% Good	Read 118 Write 117 Mixed 110 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.42 108% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 102 Write 94.2 Mixed 77.3 114% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x16GB 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 32.2 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 47.6 SC Mixed 33 98% 34.2 GB/s	Latency 49.1 81% 49.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 131%

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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	1,217x
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 $129Bench 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