MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	17.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190828
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 14:24
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 768 81% 648 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8708) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.1% Good	Lighting 55.6 Reflection 55.3 Parallax 44.2 45% 51.7 fps	MRender 151 Gravity 136 Splatting 111 106% 133 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,702 Write 1,080 Mixed 507 240% 1,096 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 46.6 195% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 996 DQ Write 856 DQ Mixed 794 631% 882 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 344GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 23 24 30 31 30 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 29% Great: 71%
Seagate SkyHawk 2TB (2016)-$80 9,128 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 670GB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 126 128 130 128 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 127 Write 141 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 127 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK8GX4M1D3000C16 029E CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK8GX4M1D3000C16 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 30.8 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 29.4 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 99%

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Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 3,957 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 $208Bench 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 $80Bench 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: $991

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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16