MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	138% 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	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 (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '19 at 02:37
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 147 2-Core 299 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 948 95% 772 Pts	64-Core 1,225 76% 1,225 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 64.4 Parallax 91.2 62% 77.4 fps	MRender 63.8 Gravity 67.5 Splatting 82.8 60% 71.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 707 672 657 478 567 470 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 1,332 Write 356 Mixed 770 SusWrite 592 169% 762 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 41.7 141% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 46.8 DQ Mixed 71.1 60% 91 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 209%
Mushkin ECO2 SMI 512GB-$80 1,273 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 375GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 257 258 258 259 256 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 256 Mixed 264 SusWrite 258 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 40.8 154% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 179 157% 234 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 97%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 110GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 123 120 127 121 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 412 Write 136 Mixed 189 SusWrite 121 47% 215 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 39.6 168% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 157 120% 164 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 80%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 465GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 90 89 90 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 87.2 Write 84.5 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 89.3 57% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$248 5,582 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 28.3 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 31.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

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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	2,287x
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	536x
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