MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	54.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	203% 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	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 20:15
Run Duration	333 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 289 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 932 91% 745 Pts	64-Core 1,151 71% 1,151 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 68.6 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 60.9 56% 66 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 54.4 52% 64.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,910 Write 1,307 Mixed 1,298 333% 1,505 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 28.6 147% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 53.4 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 25.6 36% 65.1 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4177 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3384 (B1) Unknown 94 94 67 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 312 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18383295945	78.8% Very good	Read 505 Write 271 Mixed 314 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 19 109% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 64.8 92% 172 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 1 1 75454 (03) Spinup time 169 163 6508 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13180 (05) Reallocated sector count 194 194 128 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23900 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1224 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1095 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 150 150 151191 (C2) HDA temperature 120 103 30 (C4) Reallocation count 105 105 95 (C5) Current pending sector count 198 1 970 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 197 197 1267 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 130554	5.56% Terrible	Read 8.81 Write 10.6 Mixed 4.53 6% 7.97 MB/s	4K Read 0.003 4K Write 0.12 4K Mixed 0.005 3% 0.04 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 5.56% Great: 67%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 957GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 65 (03) Spinup time 182 179 5883 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3333 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2995 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1518 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14028 (C2) HDA temperature 122 116 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	68.7% Good	Read 125 Write 114 Mixed 105 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.23 92% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 154GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3569 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3285 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1712 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3528 (C2) HDA temperature 111 108 32 (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 200 186 457 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	87.2% Excellent	Read 162 Write 142 Mixed 138 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.26 92% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 47GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 93 196794349 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8933 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 45 45 30065001212492 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3567 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 40 640024614 (C2) HDA temperature 38 60 73014444070 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 57 167194315 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	30.5% Below average	Read 54.9 Write 51.2 Mixed 54.6 40% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.31 70% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 43 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 34.9 116% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 46.9 SC Mixed 33.1 99% 34.6 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%

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Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

UFO

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 $92Bench 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 $178	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