MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '19 at 22:58
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	IRQ-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 268 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 786 83% 663 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 127 Parallax 132 113% 132 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 131 Splatting 103 108% 137 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,481 Write 2,040 Mixed 1,621 454% 2,047 MB/s	4K Read 64.1 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 88.6 297% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,736 DQ Write 1,528 DQ Mixed 1591 1,204% 1,618 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 82GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 152 154 154 154 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 467 Write 154 Mixed 164 SusWrite 154 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 10.5 94% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 61.5 69% 116 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 457GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 151 149 153 151 153 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 154 Write 128 Mixed 81 SusWrite 151 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 109%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 16GB 521 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 13GB free, PID dd1a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 37 Mixed 4.2 16% 20.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.8 62% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3000C16-8GTZR 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	88.5% Excellent	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 26.3 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 96%

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Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 3,944 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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,286x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	603x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	535x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	436x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	249x

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	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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $964

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) $30	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