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

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	386% 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.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180709
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '18 at 04:30
Run Duration	293 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	93%

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 i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 224 88% 151 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 764 81% 648 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 194 Parallax 176 142% 181 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 175 Splatting 124 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 618GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 1855 1264 1660 1670 1669 1671 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	386% Outstanding	Read 3,408 Write 2,278 Mixed 1,777 SusWrite 1,631 506% 2,274 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 73 264% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,594 DQ Write 1,492 DQ Mixed 1,556 1,164% 1,547 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 386% Great: 445%
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 24GB free Firmware: C675 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 492 Write 435 Mixed 325 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 24.4 127% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 252 213% 311 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 103%
OCZ Vertex 460A 480GB-$300 523 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 154GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 405 481 405 481 406 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 449 Mixed 319 SusWrite 443 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 38.3 157% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 242 208% 305 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 250GB 4,026 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 233GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 301 301 301 302 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 488 Mixed 416 SusWrite 321 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 63.9 216% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 118%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 87GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 86 88 89 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 90.3 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 88.1 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 68%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 138 166 164 163 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 128 Write 95.7 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 157 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 97%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 152 150 144 145 147 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 151 Write 165 Mixed 121 SusWrite 148 200% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.2 214% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 29.3 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 31.7 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

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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	1,217x
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 $129Bench 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 $184	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) $35	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