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

Performance Results


Gaming 143% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 132% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	142% 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	234% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	29.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 00:54
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (82^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 145 2-Core 280 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 913 89% 733 Pts	64-Core 1,149 71% 1,149 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Lighting 201 Reflection 218 Parallax 194 164% 204 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 202 Splatting 139 130% 161 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 66 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8929437	106% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 404 Mixed 415 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 48.5 172% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 44.7 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 134 110% 150 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 429GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1,871 Write 1,305 Mixed 1,225 325% 1,467 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 33.5 198% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 497 DQ Write 467 DQ Mixed 200 228% 388 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 254%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$99 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 21474836480 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 137440526368 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	112% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 197 Mixed 160 137% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.21 98% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 1,151 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 33.1 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 33.1 98% 34.4 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,225x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	249x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 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 $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	105x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	98x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	77x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	87x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	78x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,102

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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