MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.5% 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	113% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190403
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '19 at 22:21
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 514 68% 511 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Gigabyte(1458 3537) 1GB CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1025 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Lighting 11.8 Reflection 14 Parallax 9.88 10% 11.9 fps	MRender 16.2 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 16 12% 14.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP300 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$120 3,686 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM12.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 294 268 64 12 14 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 551 Write 614 Mixed 666 SusWrite 180 113% 503 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 49.4 177% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 709 DQ Write 446 DQ Mixed 478 383% 544 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 143%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 237GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 79 79 80 80 79 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	63% Good	Read 141 Write 120 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 78.2 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 511GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 163 162 164 164 164 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 105 Write 72.2 Mixed 66.6 SusWrite 161 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 114%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 215GB free Firmware: 1AA01109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 89 91 88 89 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 55.8 Write 48.2 Mixed 40.2 SusWrite 88.6 43% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 59%
Fujitsu MHY2120BH 120GB-$46 1,318 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 15GB free Firmware: 0000000B SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 40 39 39 39 40 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 38.3 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 38.9 26% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 28%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 101GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 71 70 71 70 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 89.9 Write 80.3 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 69.4 55% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 70%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 12GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 5.4 6.5 6 6.8 6.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	8.67% Terrible	Read 38.1 Write 16.6 Mixed 4.8 SusWrite 6 17% 16.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 31% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.67% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 1x8GB 4,553 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	47.1% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 14.1 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 46%

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Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 3,948 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,289x
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	437x
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 $40Bench 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 $295	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 $40	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