MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.3% 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	215% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	23.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '19 at 03:34
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 way below expectations (14^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 205 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 774 70% 587 Pts	64-Core 1,067 66% 1,067 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.3% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 138 Parallax 127 104% 131 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 125 Splatting 101 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 516 173 170 169 170 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 2,138 Write 782 Mixed 501 SusWrite 227 198% 912 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 55.3 220% 85.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,129 DQ Write 1,051 DQ Mixed 877 716% 1,019 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 236%
Viper M.2 VPN100 1TB 3,813 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 67GB free Firmware: ECFM12.1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,295 Write 2,301 Mixed 1,109 353% 1,568 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 63.4 217% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,534 DQ Write 1087 DQ Mixed 1,285 967% 1,302 MB/s
Poor: 156% Great: 287%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 188GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 296 295 295 295 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 477 Mixed 396 SusWrite 312 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 62.4 212% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 410GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 162 164 162 165 165 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 137 Write 112 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 164 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 565GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 153 155 157 157 155 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 151 Write 146 Mixed 104 SusWrite 156 103% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 7,409 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	69.2% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 22.5 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 111%

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Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 3,950 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 111%

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Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,291x
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	537x
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 $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 $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