MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	111% 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	235% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	59.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '18 at 12:20
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 159 2-Core 318 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 628 8-Core 1,025 101% 827 Pts	64-Core 1,318 82% 1,318 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 157 Parallax 139 119% 147 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 148 Splatting 118 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 904GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8822 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1962 (B1) Unknown 95 95 88 (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 74 48 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 439 (F1) Unknown 99 99 64809361671	111% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 415 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 47.1 174% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 119 128% 214 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,481 Write 1,084 Mixed 1,371 361% 1,645 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 40 186% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 131 145% 248 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 15GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3936 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 804 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 71 48 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 135 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7697634602	112% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 415 Mixed 421 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 48.1 177% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 127 134% 225 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 25769803776 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 167505100831 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	109% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 192 Mixed 203 147% 195 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 4.27 4K Mixed 0.47 174% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 121%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 169 8050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 793 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3892 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 757 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 160 160 122353 (C2) HDA temperature 123 109 29 (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	84.9% Excellent	Read 152 Write 144 Mixed 131 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.19 91% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB 1,354 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 31.7 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 32.8 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 174%

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Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 3,950 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,291x
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	438x
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 $45Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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