MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	228% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 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	Jun 20 '18 at 07:07
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 (89^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 269 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 836 84% 680 Pts	64-Core 1,095 68% 1,095 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.3% Very good	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 111 Parallax 104 80% 104 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 97.8 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$120 1,762 User benchmarks, average bench 136% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FT04.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,281 Write 1,364 Mixed 1,620 388% 1,755 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 43.5 151% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 38 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 25.7 58% 113 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 185%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 33GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 20552 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1456 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 57 (AE) Unknown 100 100 129 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 60 176093003816 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14347851229 (F7) Unknown 100 100 808093215 (F8) Unknown 100 100 452693566	83.1% Excellent	Read 499 Write 273 Mixed 348 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 24.8 115% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 50.8 99% 199 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 91%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 645GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5120 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7850 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2575 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2289 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2422 (C2) HDA temperature 107 107 45 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 228 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 194 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 10 (C8) Write error rate 199 199 335	67.5% Good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 106 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.44 116% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 85%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500GB 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 254GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 38 Mixed 31.5 45% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.31 55% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 31%

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 (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 19.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 22.5 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 103%

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Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 3,953 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 111%

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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	2,292x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	605x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	539x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	438x
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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $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