MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	233% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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 (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200605
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '21 at 16:09
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 811 77% 635 Pts	64-Core 1030 64% 1030 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B45) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	7.1% Terrible	Lighting 7.7 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 8.9 6% 9.07 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 12 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.1% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 218GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2160 621 595 605 617 617 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,499 Write 2,322 Mixed 1,421 SusWrite 869 397% 1,778 MB/s	4K Read 65.1 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 83.5 278% 95.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,186 DQ Write 828 DQ Mixed 1,022 759% 1,012 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 340%
PNY CS3030 1TB SSD 12,276 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 641GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS303225 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1710 881 919 882 910 779 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,261 Write 2338 Mixed 1,360 SusWrite 1,013 338% 1,493 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 74.1 239% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,205 DQ Write 876 DQ Mixed 1,069 791% 1,050 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 286%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: MEAOAA10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 112 112 108 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 111 Write 117 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 109 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 26.3 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 29.7 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 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 $134	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