MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 00:56
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 577 77% 575 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7970-$435 6,727 User benchmarks, average bench 36% AMD(1002 3000) 3GB CLim: 1153 MHz, MLim: 1601 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.8% Below average	Lighting 49.1 Reflection 32.4 Parallax 61.4 40% 47.6 fps	MRender 34.6 Gravity 54.6 Splatting 44.1 37% 44.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: 520ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7262130 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -46712064296889 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2311 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 436 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 43 42952491031 (C2) HDA temperature 23 43 42952491031 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7262130 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7262130 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7262130 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18681 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15810 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15810 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15570	76.6% Very good	Read 489 Write 215 Mixed 298 73% 334 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 20.2 129% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 13.6 49% 99.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 85%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 475GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 154 4341 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6029 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3605 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 506 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6026 (C2) HDA temperature 120 93 27 (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	57.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 96.9 Mixed 88.1 72% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.4 113% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 16,770 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 24.6 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 24.5 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 88%

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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	2,289x
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	537x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	437x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	250x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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