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

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	254% 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	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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '21 at 23:26
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$179 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 854 83% 680 Pts	64-Core 1,068 66% 1,068 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.7% Very good	Lighting 93.5 Reflection 102 Parallax 88.9 76% 94.9 fps	MRender 86.8 Gravity 88 Splatting 87.8 72% 87.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 287GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 895 659 632 634 579 553 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,459 Write 2,115 Mixed 1,411 SusWrite 659 370% 1,661 MB/s	4K Read 63.5 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 80.3 270% 92.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,102 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 414 379% 604 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 340%
Intel Optane+ NVMe PCIe 128GB 229 User benchmarks, average bench 181% 75GB free Firmware: 17.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 141 137 142 173 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 832 Write 142 Mixed 238 SusWrite 149 74% 340 MB/s	4K Read 182 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 104 448% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 872 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 226 236% 410 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 263%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 526GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 134 132 134 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 186 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 133 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GB 14,178 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 26 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 40.4 SC Mixed 29.9 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 97%

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

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Gaming 112%

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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 $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,231x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	250x
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	106x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	99x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $91Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	77x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	122x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: $1,088

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16