MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	80.5% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 13:57
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	26%

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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)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 869 84% 694 Pts	64-Core 1,127 70% 1,127 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 143 Parallax 124 110% 134 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 130 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10854506 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 22 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -126461017052100 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2241 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 177 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 4855 (C2) HDA temperature 39 45 60132491303 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10854506 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 22 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10854506 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10854506 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17399 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17066 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17066 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21316	80.5% Excellent	Read 495 Write 204 Mixed 300 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 21.7 130% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 61 94% 177 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 91%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 32GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1048 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 390 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 184 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 51 210454708265 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2066763203 (F7) Unknown 100 100 64656725 (F8) Unknown 100 100 56752562 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1239 (D2) Unknown 100 100 4	81.7% Excellent	Read 481 Write 333 Mixed 334 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 23.4 108% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 36.9 78% 158 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 95%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 259GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 136 3208 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1694 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 942 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 626 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1626 (C2) HDA temperature 95 95 48 (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	54.1% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 95.1 Mixed 100 73% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.1 36% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 158GB free Firmware: 3.CHN Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15932 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 590319935 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30961 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 87 87 13319 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 43 824901679 (C2) HDA temperature 47 57 77309411375 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 54 174693301 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	28.5% Poor	Read 46.8 Write 52.3 Mixed 57.1 40% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.28 73% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 43%
Samsung HD400LJ 400GB-$85 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 9GB free Firmware: ZZ100-15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8320 (04) Start/Stop count 78 78 22901 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22929 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7424 (BE) vendor-specific 52 50 48 (C2) HDA temperature 94 88 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 109708 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 1	30.5% Below average	Read 53.4 Write 52.8 Mixed 51.9 40% 52.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.29 68% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 41%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 99 Write 89.8 Mixed 64.7 105% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 27.5 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 29.9 86% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 111%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,289x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	603x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	537x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	437x
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 $92Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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