MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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.
ProcessorWith 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.7% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B45
MotherboardMSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)  (all builds)
Memory8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180308
Uptime10.3 Days
Run DateJul 27 '20 at 04:39
Run Duration107 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-8500-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
82.1% Excellent
Memory 90.4
1-Core 126
2-Core 226
84% 147 Pts
4-Core 397
8-Core 668
65% 533 Pts
64-Core 678
42% 678 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 82.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
84.7% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 106
Parallax 95.6
90% 104 fps
MRender 121
Gravity 90.1
Splatting 73.3
75% 94.8 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 97%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
226GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 49 45 53 70 69 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
48.3% Average
Read 110
Write 126
Mixed 37.3
SusWrite 58.7
60% 83 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.3
78% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 48.3%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
64.5% Good
MC Read 27
MC Write 20.6
MC Mixed 19.9
64% 22.5 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 24.6
SC Mixed 17.8
56% 19.5 GB/s
Latency 66.6
60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 64.5%
Great: 101%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 3,952 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 111%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 102%
UFO

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $964
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