MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.85% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	271% 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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '19 at 17:47
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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-$139 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 761 81% 646 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B45) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4927 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.85% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.22 7% 9.37 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.4 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.85% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1332 306 305 305 305 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,487 Write 1,471 Mixed 1,246 SusWrite 476 314% 1,420 MB/s	4K Read 64.5 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 85.5 294% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 977 DQ Write 1,310 DQ Mixed 1,014 802% 1,100 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 280%
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 224GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 447 452 452 449 332 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 424 Mixed 418 SusWrite 418 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 57.6 198% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 274 230% 333 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 123%
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 111GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 342 361 362 331 327 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 417 Write 317 Mixed 136 SusWrite 340 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 13.4 4K Mixed 10 50% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 12.8 DQ Mixed 14.5 13% 21.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 130 130 130 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 130 Write 118 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 130 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 88%
Hitachi HTS725032A7E630 320GB-$89 9,811 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 298GB free Firmware: GHBZB550 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 110 111 110 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 105 Write 113 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 110 65% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 59%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 2,535 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 11GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 27 26 26 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	25% Poor	Read 119 Write 7.5 Mixed 14.7 SusWrite 26.3 39% 42 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 1.5 79% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD2 859B BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 26.9 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 23.3 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 101%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,301x
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 $39Bench 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 $289	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 $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16