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

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.8% 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	86.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211115
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 14 '24 at 04:37
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 719 76% 610 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 133 Parallax 124 101% 127 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 127 Splatting 113 92% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 151 140 135 129 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 507 Write 192 Mixed 217 SusWrite 144 58% 265 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 35.4 146% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 232 192% 280 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 128%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$159 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2197 2145 2122 1970 1400 1439 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	344% Outstanding	Read 2459 Write 2,305 Mixed 1,536 SusWrite 1,879 459% 2,045 MB/s	4K Read 58.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 78.7 256% 87.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,283 DQ Write 1,012 DQ Mixed 1,121 846% 1,139 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 344% Great: 435%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$90 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 141 138 137 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 158 Write 154 Mixed 94 SusWrite 139 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 21 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	63	46	60	24"	1920 1009	AOC246A 2460G4

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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 $191Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,235x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	252x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	133x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	346x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	261x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	106x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	99x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	77x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	122x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	88x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $129Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	78x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,100

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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