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

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	71.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '18 at 08:40
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	55.1% Above average	Memory 72.2 1-Core 69.1 2-Core 118 53% 86.5 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 256 30% 236 Pts	64-Core 303 19% 303 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.1% Very good	Lighting 60.6 Reflection 58.4 Parallax 161 49% 93.4 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 164 Splatting 124 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB-$188 785 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 200 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 99 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12215 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2393 (AA) Unknown 100 100 99 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 391 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 84 8 20474275301558 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 32 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 488 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 4294967168 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6504 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 99 (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 57 57 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	41.7% Average	Read 351 Write 39.4 Mixed 66.1 32% 152 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 4.64 66% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 95.8 DQ Mixed 13.6 48% 109 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 745GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94519344 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1961 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16274671 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3193 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1613 (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 75 63 420741145 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22215 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 55834574873 (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 -15680925596479 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5015075645 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14207712178	103% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 170 Mixed 162 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.25 95% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 28GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 40.2 Write 39.9 Mixed 39.4 51% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 19.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 10.8 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 96.5 42% 96.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 103%

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Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 102%

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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 $113Bench 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 $134	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