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

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190403
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '19 at 08:22
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	47%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 724 80% 631 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.7% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 125 Parallax 129 94% 123 fps	MRender 163 Gravity 114 Splatting 105 101% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 12 53 63 23 10 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 400 Write 330 Mixed 303 SusWrite 47 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 24.9 100% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 4 65% 154 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 100%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3.5TB 718 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 193 186 190 189 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 153 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 188 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 111%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 32GB free Firmware: 0637 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 90 91 94 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 67.8 Mixed 55 SusWrite 91 58% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 66%

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 @ 3467 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.2 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 19.4 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 107%

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

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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	1,218x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	247x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	133x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	346x
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	98x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	84x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	120x
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 $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