MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 03:22
Run Duration	504 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 279 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 884 89% 721 Pts	64-Core 1,038 64% 1,038 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 205 Parallax 155 146% 179 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 170 Splatting 133 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 125 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 81 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 64 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 26 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1950775251
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 741GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 84 21102611 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 132 132 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 469 (05) Reallocated sector count 72 72 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 5981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 228061 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 227633791007 (C4) Reallocation count 94 94 352 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 27096 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	45.2% Average	Read 103 Write 55.3 Mixed 3.65 39% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.003 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.003 0% 0.002 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 75%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 21GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	6.83% Terrible	Read 27 Write 4.96 Mixed 13.4 16% 15.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0.25 4K Mixed 0.16 31% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.83% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.3% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 19.8 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 23.3 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 103%

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Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 1,967 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) - $210

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,218x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	247x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	132x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	345x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	260x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	105x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	97x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	83x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	119x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	87x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $127Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	78x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,094

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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