MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.59% 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	286% 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	20.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '20 at 15:13
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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-$199 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 80.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 88% 163 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 864 84% 693 Pts	64-Core 1,063 66% 1,063 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B45) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.59% Terrible	Lighting 7.9 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 8.38 6% 9.19 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 15.6 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.59% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$98 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1266 1142 1075 1032 949 504 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,401 Write 2,085 Mixed 1,748 SusWrite 995 404% 1,807 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 84.6 267% 91.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,272 DQ Write 785 DQ Mixed 992 749% 1,016 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 410%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 1GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,376 Write 1,624 Mixed 653 271% 1,217 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 56.5 206% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,127 DQ Write 871 DQ Mixed 820 662% 939 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 6GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 177 Write 151 Mixed 97.2 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 101%
ST10000V X0004-1ZE101 10TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 859GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 6.9 6.6 7 6.9 6.5 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	2.91% Terrible	Read 7.7 Write 6.3 Mixed 7.3 SusWrite 6.7 9% 7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 7% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.91% Great: 20%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 279GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 5.9 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	9.91% Terrible	Read 39.2 Write 34 Mixed 28 SusWrite 5.5 34% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 42% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 9.91% Great: 59%
StoreJet Transcend 2TB 4,473 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 47GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 38 38 39 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 37.2 Mixed 22 SusWrite 38.4 46% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 52%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 106 106 107 113 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 118 Write 87.5 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 107 125% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 105% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.8% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 20.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 21.5 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 106%

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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 $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,296x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	605x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	540x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	141x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $982

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16