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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	May 08 '18 at 12:37
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 813 78% 644 Pts	64-Core 1,107 68% 1,107 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 32.8 Reflection 30 Parallax 37.8 27% 33.5 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 38 Splatting 33.4 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 493GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 155 6800 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4643 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10472 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3111 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 181 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4635 (C2) HDA temperature 114 94 36 (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 25 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.2% Below average	Read 68.2 Write 68.1 Mixed 65.5 51% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.38 93% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 51%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 356GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 92 (03) Spinup time 120 120 12897353919 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1520 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 32 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14657 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 874 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1525 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1525 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 236224184351 (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 2	69.3% Good	Read 129 Write 113 Mixed 111 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.38 95% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 77%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 134GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4558 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 403 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30965 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 127 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 332 (C2) HDA temperature 116 101 34 (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 200 200 148 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.9% Above average	Read 109 Write 96.2 Mixed 91.6 74% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.26 88% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 62%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 204GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 81 3116 (03) Spinup time 92 92 3200 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 3713 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10131 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 17272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1794 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 81 3116 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 7275 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 58 353173525 (C2) HDA temperature 75 55 420282393 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 814254 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 98 12 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	33% Below average	Read 38.4 Write 76.4 Mixed 62.2 45% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.19 52% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB 3,434 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.5% Below average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 10.7 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.6 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 48%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	133x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	346x
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	98x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	84x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	120x
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 $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