MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.1% 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	71% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '23 at 07:22
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$118 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 602 73% 559 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86A5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 101 Parallax 99.7 84% 101 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 79.1 73% 90.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 138 117 100 98 93 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 447 Write 365 Mixed 326 SusWrite 105 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 32.2 136% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 7.5 DQ Mixed 15.6 39% 89.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 136 135 136 135 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 125 Write 130 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 134 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 75%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 253GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 236GB free, PID 00d9 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 51 51 51 51 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 276 Write 190 Mixed 154 SusWrite 58.3 207% 170 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.3 87% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4BL.M8FE 1x8GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 15.3 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 62%

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Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 3,980 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,309x
Core i5-8600KIntel $118Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	607x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	265x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	541x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	439x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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 $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	143x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $962

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	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 $40	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