MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (32%). 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	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '23 at 10:12
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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-$125 264,837 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 (72^nd percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 258 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 612 72% 559 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 93.3% 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: 531.18 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.1% Very good	Lighting 96.2 Reflection 94.3 Parallax 86.1 78% 92.2 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 88.6 Splatting 75.1 69% 85.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 426 Write 252 Mixed 310 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 31.1 123% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 176 156% 233 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 128 127 132 134 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 136 Write 133 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 130 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 131% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 75%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 253GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 235GB free, PID 00d9 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 349 239 51 40 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 7% 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 above expectations (60^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 14.5 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $125Bench 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