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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	The 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.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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 AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	51.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '21 at 21:42
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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-$188 746,287 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 (38^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 78.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 257 84% 154 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 797 80% 652 Pts	64-Core 1058 66% 1058 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 186 Parallax 195 138% 183 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 176 Splatting 123 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$83 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 177 181 188 187 188 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 56.4 Write 159 Mixed 36 SusWrite 181 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.3 411% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M1B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M1B3000C15 029E CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 64GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.8 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 1,996 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,237x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	252x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	133x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	348x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	261x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	106x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $142Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	99x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	78x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	123x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	88x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $167Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	78x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,094

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369