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

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	276% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 13:58
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 822 82% 665 Pts	64-Core 1,137 70% 1,137 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Lighting 89.6 Reflection 88 Parallax 77.7 73% 85.1 fps	MRender 82.3 Gravity 77.4 Splatting 70.2 62% 76.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,732 Write 1,220 Mixed 1,530 401% 1,827 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 54 225% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 614 DQ Write 461 DQ Mixed 237 259% 437 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 280%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 04.05G11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 192 191 9388 (03) Spinup time 234 218 10266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 577 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3041 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 569 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 465 (C2) HDA temperature 121 113 31 (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	49.1% Average	Read 81.7 Write 88.8 Mixed 82.3 64% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.47 142% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 536GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 567 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2877 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 544 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 572456994 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5398 (C2) HDA temperature 109 97 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 1 2503 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.9% Excellent	Read 152 Write 147 Mixed 140 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.36 142% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 379GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 99 3422456 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1536 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4426173551 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6842 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1510 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 505085981 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23198 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 47244640285 (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 6682969118940 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22935244036 (F2) Unknown 100 253 179978429762	88.3% Excellent	Read 157 Write 151 Mixed 146 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.2 87% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 233GB free Firmware: 3.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 94 172414450 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4938 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23341223 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24343 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4686 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 606076964 (C2) HDA temperature 36 49 51539607588 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 75 60 236761426 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 1348 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	54.9% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 95.1 Mixed 91 71% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4000 C18 4x8GB 249 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 45.5 MC Write 46.8 MC Mixed 36.2 122% 42.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 48.6 SC Mixed 34.2 101% 35.5 GB/s	Latency 45.2 88% 45.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 140%

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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	98x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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