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

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	169% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '21 at 20:12
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 80.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 815 79% 649 Pts	64-Core 1,024 63% 1,024 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 8234) 640MB Ram: 640MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	3.87% Terrible	Lighting 5 Reflection 4.7 Parallax 2 4% 3.9 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.1 4% 4.43 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.87% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 834 803 771 722 696 662 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 1,043 Write 1,053 Mixed 568 SusWrite 748 191% 853 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 47.1 168% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 594 DQ Write 737 DQ Mixed 581 461% 637 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 210%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 460GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 80 82 81 82 82 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 81.5 Write 81.3 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 80.9 56% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 250GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 78 78 78 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 76 Write 44.6 Mixed 42.7 SusWrite 76.9 44% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 44%
Samsung SP2004C 200GB-$46 4,063 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 186GB free Firmware: VM100-41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 54 54 54 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 53.8 Write 57.4 Mixed 39.4 SusWrite 54.5 38% 51.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 32%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 408GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 76 77 78 76 76 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 74.3 Write 73.3 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 75.4 51% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 7,238 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 111%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,218x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	247x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	133x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	346x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	260x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	105x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	98x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	84x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	120x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: $1,094

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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