MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	106% 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	205% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '20 at 20:32
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$193 746,287 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 (4^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 61.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 229 75% 139 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 675 65% 537 Pts	64-Core 1,105 68% 1,105 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 86FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.92 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 110 Parallax 130 112% 126 fps	MRender 154 Gravity 114 Splatting 103 99% 124 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 612 616 717 697 726 724 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,951 Write 1,280 Mixed 1,276 SusWrite 682 289% 1,297 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 52.8 173% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 895 DQ Write 513 DQ Mixed 689 517% 699 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 355%
Apacer AS330 120GB 735 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 84GB free Firmware: AP223PD0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 209 230 213 229 215 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 397 Write 409 Mixed 274 SusWrite 216 73% 324 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 29.1 105% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 170 163% 254 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 96%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 47,517 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 180GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 113 116 115 117 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 139 Write 117 Mixed 84.6 SusWrite 116 26% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 8.4 4K Mixed 0.7 8% 3.63 MB/s	DQ Read 0.8 DQ Write 9.9 DQ Mixed 1.1 2% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 23%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 165 176 173 179 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 164 Mixed 108 SusWrite 172 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 3,193 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 10GB free, PID 4300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 10 11 12 12 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	7.71% Terrible	Read 28.3 Write 0.2 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 10.9 10% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.71% Great: 9%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 582GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 40 40 41 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 40.3 Write 38.3 Mixed 23.1 SusWrite 39.5 47% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 63%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 2TB 365 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 310GB free, PID 3940 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 98 97 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 96 Write 98.4 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 97.2 108% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 46,140 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 29.4 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 9.7 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 122 33% 122 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 119%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) - $210

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,225x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	249x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	133x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	346x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	261x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	105x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	98x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	77x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	87x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	78x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,102

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16