MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	135% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 02:23
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 264 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 828 83% 673 Pts	64-Core 1,112 69% 1,112 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 195 Parallax 176 147% 184 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 179 Splatting 127 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 117GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18211 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 406 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 53 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 80 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3049434938
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TP Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3859 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 18433 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 447 (64) Unknown 100 100 9042048 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 87 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 135 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 309238824994 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3859 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 1918 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 3859 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 25676 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18902 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11964 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 12577	135% Outstanding	Read 1,127 Write 622 Mixed 645 176% 798 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 20.3 128% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 406 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 19.2 101% 233 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 159%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 676GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 228 221 8600 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12137 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 9 9 66769 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1321 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 629 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12005 (C2) HDA temperature 116 99 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.6% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 97.8 Mixed 90.6 70% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.42 121% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 76%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 401GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 170 161 6500 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4310 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 49669 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 847 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 359 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 841201 (C2) HDA temperature 120 101 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	42.6% Average	Read 79.9 Write 68.3 Mixed 75.2 56% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.18 68% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 29.4 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 26.9 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 117%

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Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 3,952 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 111%

UFO

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	2,292x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	604x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	538x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	438x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	250x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	154x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $964

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