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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	May 30 '18 at 08:46
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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-$193 746,287 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)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 850 86% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,131 70% 1,131 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 141 Parallax 124 116% 135 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 128 Splatting 100 91% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 840GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC1F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 86 234528092 (03) Spinup time 100 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3239 (05) Reallocated sector count 8 8 3771 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 539954774 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28302 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3221 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 13774 (BC) Unknown 100 94 38655295518 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 46540 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 471203868 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 51539607580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 21 234528092 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 67 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 67 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 52 114966 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 21685289905780 (F1) Unknown 100 253 789108745 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3620102178	52.2% Above average	Read 83.5 Write 98.2 Mixed 94.8 70% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.33 91% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 66%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 522GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 67 67 10690 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12473 (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 95 95 24228 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3552 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 1 1 448 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 84 59 269484048 (C2) HDA temperature 77 58 386924567 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 25079 (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 99 69 16488 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	51% Above average	Read 85.3 Write 92.1 Mixed 85.7 66% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.52 125% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2D3200C16 2x8GB 394 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.6% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 18.7 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 106%

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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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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