MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% 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.
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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180709
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '18 at 02:11
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 87.1 2-Core 154 69% 112 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 810 77% 635 Pts	64-Core 1,101 68% 1,101 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3603) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 169 Parallax 172 133% 168 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 170 Splatting 105 105% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,304 Write 1,416 Mixed 958 343% 1,560 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 76.5 261% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 962 DQ Write 921 DQ Mixed 982 726% 955 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 184 184 186 179 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 171 Mixed 85 SusWrite 183 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 25.2 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 28.6 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 101%

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

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Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 3,966 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) - $206

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,300x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	606x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	264x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	541x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	438x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	251x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	154x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	141x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	194x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	122x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $973

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16