MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.22% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	123% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180709
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '19 at 11:43
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 263 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 807 83% 670 Pts	64-Core 1,094 68% 1,094 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B45) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.22% Terrible	Lighting 8.53 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 8.62 7% 9.82 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 7.67 Splatting 17 11% 12.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.22% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 477 482 426 290 290 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 473 Mixed 460 SusWrite 406 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 58.3 198% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 238GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 471 264 235 235 233 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 464 Mixed 388 SusWrite 318 89% 392 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40.3 146% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 328 247% 330 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 99%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 692GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 119 119 120 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 110 Write 114 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 119 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 104%
HPT DISK 0_1 3TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: 4.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 73 73 73 74 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 99 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 72.7 55% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 114%
HPT DISK 0_0 3TB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: 4.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 126 126 126 125 123 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 117 Write 112 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 125 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.4% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.9 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 3,958 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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,296x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	606x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	540x
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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	141x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 79% - Very good

Total price: $965

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16