MSI B360 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B16)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.38% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	126% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B16
Motherboard	MSI B360 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B16) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '21 at 23:11
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-9100F-$88 34,310 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 85.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 404 61% 441 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Zotac(19DA 7326) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.38% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 4 Parallax 4.3 3% 4.13 fps	MRender 3.6 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 4.9 4% 4.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.38% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS128GMTE110S 128GB 4,843 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1111B1L SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 103 100 119 162 232 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 1,318 Write 156 Mixed 260 SusWrite 156 101% 473 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 26.8 182% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 115 122% 208 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 157%
WDS240G2G0A-00JH30 240GB 541 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 127GB free Firmware: S0719A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 107 94 68 55 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 498 Write 439 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 133 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 16.3 4K Mixed 0.5 46% 13.8 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 26.5 DQ Mixed 46.5 45% 75.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 88%
WDS120G-SSD 120GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 85GB free Firmware: T0707B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 411 415 418 423 405 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 403 Mixed 373 SusWrite 414 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 29 139% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 44.8 83% 158 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 95%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 440GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 128 135 135 137 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 50.4 Write 141 Mixed 14 SusWrite 135 61% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1E3200C16 029E CM4X8GC3200C16K2E 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	66.8% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 89%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 82%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 75%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI B360 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B16)

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	180x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	79x
Core i5-9400FIntel $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	78x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	46x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	42x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	22x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	19x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	23x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	14x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $642

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