MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	0.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 02:19
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	HND-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 264 89% 162 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 839 78% 653 Pts	64-Core 1,134 70% 1,134 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% EVGA(3842 1313) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.63% Terrible	Lighting 1.17 Reflection 2.27 Parallax 0.44 1% 1.29 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.63% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 563GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 916 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 48 223339806754 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13529880944 (F7) Unknown 100 100 423440007 (F8) Unknown 100 100 197689173 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4419 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	81.6% Excellent	Read 482 Write 343 Mixed 343 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 26.3 101% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 55 90% 176 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 80562616 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 440 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 53 141741856381 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 555679775 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20587 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 77309411359 (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 -4690104280352 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23799192135 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28045038000	95.1% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 159 Mixed 152 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.3 90% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 863GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 78847168 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 677 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7402671 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7105 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 321 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 70 42 597505671198 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7145 (C2) HDA temperature 30 58 77309411358 (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 -18313740548743 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25917959729 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33621843896	70.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 120 Mixed 125 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 268GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 233176648 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 385 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20910857 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 70 42 262514999326 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6682 (C2) HDA temperature 30 58 81604378654 (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 -139483357903084 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24974991970 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31943810705	82% Excellent	Read 141 Write 145 Mixed 134 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 48GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 201034704 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 402 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1435611 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6065 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 336 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885098500 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13930 (C2) HDA temperature 31 52 81604378655 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 186 330 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -83064667500601 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7615546264 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5197413655	61.6% Good	Read 119 Write 95.4 Mixed 105 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.16 65% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 113%
Multiple Card Reader 16GB 2,333 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 10GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 26.2 Write 12.8 Mixed 16.7 22% 18.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.12 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.97 82% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 18.7 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 88%

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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