MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	110% 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	166% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '19 at 19:51
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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-$175 746,287 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 (10^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 681 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 951 59% 951 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 3183) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 144 Parallax 138 119% 143 fps	MRender 161 Gravity 125 Splatting 90.9 99% 125 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 508 168 162 164 161 161 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,575 Write 1,268 Mixed 498 SusWrite 220 197% 891 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 38.6 154% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,040 DQ Write 895 DQ Mixed 638 568% 857 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 236%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 237GB 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 28GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 272 184 183 181 172 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	76% Very good	Read 405 Write 394 Mixed 321 SusWrite 223 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 28.6 103% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 268 216% 303 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 504GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 110 110 112 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 103 Write 106 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 111 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 68%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 311GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 87 87 87 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 79 Write 87 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 86.6 56% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 59%
WDC WD10 EACS-22D6B1 1TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 467GB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	8.03% Terrible	Read 36 Write 5 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 5.2 14% 13.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 36% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.03% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.3 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 12.9 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 128%

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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 $175Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,312x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	607x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	266x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	541x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	439x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	251x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	154x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	144x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	194x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	122x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $999

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16