MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.7% 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 Drive	75.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200605
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 02:59
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing way below expectations (15^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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 85.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 245 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 694 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 992 61% 992 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.7% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 200 Parallax 124 99% 148 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 128 Splatting 112 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 171 169 166 165 161 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 408 Write 169 Mixed 247 SusWrite 168 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 31.1 120% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 203 172% 255 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 358GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 121 121 121 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 92.5 Write 145 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 121 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 46% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.6% Above average	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.7 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 17.2 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 112%

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

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,286x
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	535x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	436x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	249x

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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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