MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.
Boot Drive	281% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	May 08 '19 at 02:49
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 86.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 223 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 781 74% 614 Pts	64-Core 1,025 63% 1,025 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 151 Parallax 149 118% 148 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 154 Splatting 101 97% 120 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1200 1397 1190 1491 1501 1544 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,195 Write 1,657 Mixed 827 SusWrite 1,387 338% 1,516 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 57.2 212% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 1,161 DQ Write 813 DQ Mixed 841 668% 938 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 353%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 14GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 117 146 117 115 84 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 355 Write 143 Mixed 164 SusWrite 118 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 27.8 112% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 114 92% 127 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 75%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 7GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 46 46 47 47 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 47.8 Write 44.5 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 46.2 34% 45.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 77.7 56% 77.7 MB/s	4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 24% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 116GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 164 166 162 169 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 132 Mixed 68 SusWrite 166 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	66.4% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 19.7 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 115%

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Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 3,951 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	2,292x
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	538x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	438x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	250x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	154x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $964

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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