MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	173% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	24.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 01:51
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 as expected (45^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 129 2-Core 222 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 776 73% 604 Pts	64-Core 1,126 70% 1,126 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8559) 2GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 120GB-$70 304 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 112GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4039032 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -122501057208231 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 987 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 65 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 43 17182687263 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 17182687263 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4039032 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4039032 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4039032 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 17179869184 (E9) Unknown 0 0 190 (EA) Unknown 0 0 65 (F1) Unknown 0 0 65 (F2) Unknown 0 0 98	65.7% Good	Read 501 Write 134 Mixed 213 61% 283 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 17.6 112% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 92.4 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 33 47% 85.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 75%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,969 Write 444 Mixed 726 226% 1,046 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 38.3 151% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 518 DQ Write 412 DQ Mixed 108 178% 346 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 185%
Mushkin ECO2 120GB-$70 304 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3418376 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -110543868255752 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1021 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 70 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 41 45 1013615231017 (C2) HDA temperature 41 45 1013615231017 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3418376 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3418376 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3418376 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 8589934592 (E9) Unknown 0 0 33450 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7033 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7033 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4326	49.7% Average	Read 473 Write 76.9 Mixed 92.8 46% 214 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 7.24 79% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 61.8 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 19.7 34% 64.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 75%
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 82 63 172350305 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 385 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 22313404943 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 138 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 50 44 5152112690 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1632 (C2) HDA temperature 50 56 30064771122 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 13 172350305 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	88.2% Excellent	Read 153 Write 154 Mixed 139 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.67 157% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 142GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 89282528 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6145 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 70780393 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2688 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 59 52 5017698345 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 616 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 262335 (C2) HDA temperature 41 48 -140737488355287 (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 -14340895790808 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13164847810 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23564675253	73.9% Very good	Read 135 Write 123 Mixed 117 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.26 84% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 112%

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 @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 25.2 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.6% 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	2,285x
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	534x
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 $76Bench 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	84x

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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) $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