MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.37% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	208% 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 15:52
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 268 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 860 84% 691 Pts	64-Core 1,120 69% 1,120 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B45) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4758 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	7.37% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 11 Parallax 7.47 6% 8.68 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 14.9 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.37% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,942 Write 1,057 Mixed 1,229 311% 1,409 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 46 182% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 134 128% 201 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 247%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP1A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th 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 6978 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9162 (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 53 53 18931 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1497 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 876 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 15297 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 210454577191 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 69 69 12455 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 212 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	88.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 156 Mixed 138 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 4.24 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.29 245% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 104%
WD WD10JPCX-24UE4T0 1TB 40,989 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 879GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 180 1816 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5912 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 629 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 192 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6214 (C2) HDA temperature 120 101 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 40	38.4% Below average	Read 63.9 Write 69.7 Mixed 61.6 49% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 61%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 751GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	26.5% Poor	Read 94.4 Write 34.5 Mixed 53.1 68% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.23 67% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.5% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 24.8 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 31.1 SC Mixed 24.8 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 91%

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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