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

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.4% 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	244% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 18:17
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (75^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 811 78% 643 Pts	64-Core 1,132 70% 1,132 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 137 Parallax 118 106% 128 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 122 Splatting 103 87% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 615 301 299 299 300 296 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2406 Write 1,463 Mixed 1,122 SusWrite 352 295% 1,336 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 80.2 271% 95.6 MB/s	DQ Read 974 DQ Write 935 DQ Mixed 985 731% 965 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 280%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 118GB free Firmware: X211200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 294 296 296 293 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 280 Mixed 156 SusWrite 294 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 35.6 146% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 116 121% 203 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 91%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 447GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 87 92 92 92 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 92.2 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 90.6 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 69%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 154 156 156 156 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 102 Write 142 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 155 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$207 4,097 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 24.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 28 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 102%

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

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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	1,220x
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	261x
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	76x

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 $269	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