MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	134% 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	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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 04 '18 at 20:10
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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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 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 (89^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 90 1-Core 138 2-Core 273 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 840 85% 691 Pts	64-Core 1,108 69% 1,108 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35% Below average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 37.8 37% 38.2 fps	MRender 37.5 Gravity 40.5 Splatting 35.8 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 1,953 Write 279 Mixed 416 188% 883 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 25.7 98% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 58 DQ Mixed 43.4 73% 150 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 210%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 46GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5484 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 933 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (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 70 60 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 102 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11381259348	106% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 407 Mixed 421 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 43.7 158% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 111 123% 211 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3500630NS 500GB-$53 3,965 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 466GB free Firmware: 3CNR Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3802 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 55 12447744149457 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 44931 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2209 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 283 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 49 638779430 (C2) HDA temperature 38 51 55834574886 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 70 52 22544993 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.6% Average	Read 73.2 Write 75 Mixed 75.4 56% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GB 11,823 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.1% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 9.8 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 11.7 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 43%

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Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 3,944 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) - $206

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,286x
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	535x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	436x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	249x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	154x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $964

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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