MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	276% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171214
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '22 at 15:08
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 (11^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 82.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 226 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 790 72% 604 Pts	64-Core 1,017 63% 1,017 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.9% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 189 Parallax 130 96% 145 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 126 Splatting 110 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 315GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1367 1203 1200 1207 1199 1177 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,222 Write 1,891 Mixed 1,565 SusWrite 1,226 386% 1,726 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 72.8 238% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 959 DQ Write 754 DQ Mixed 821 624% 844 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 34GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 300 300 300 296 249 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 450 Mixed 362 SusWrite 305 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 52.8 170% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 346 261% 350 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 422GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 150 149 148 147 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 138 Write 135 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 148 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 107%
WD Elements 10B8 1.5TB 2,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 717GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 84 84 84 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 81.6 Write 86.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 84.1 103% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	64.8% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 19.4 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 109%

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Gaming 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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,300x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	606x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	264x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	541x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	438x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	251x

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	141x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	194x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	122x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $973

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $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