MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	307% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210421
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '21 at 19:12
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 793 78% 636 Pts	64-Core 1,036 64% 1,036 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2213 832 803 806 806 806 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 2,593 Write 2,335 Mixed 1,776 SusWrite 1,044 433% 1,937 MB/s	4K Read 66.6 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 90.2 304% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,238 DQ Write 770 DQ Mixed 1,012 752% 1,007 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 355%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 564GB free Firmware: X212T0RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 472 475 472 477 478 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 471 Mixed 252 SusWrite 475 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.5 163% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 158 170% 282 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUS726T4TALA6L4 4TB 419 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 2TB free Firmware: VLGNW40H SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 149 148 149 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 202 Mixed 96.6 SusWrite 148 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 1.8 390% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 125%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 221GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 66 67 67 67 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 65.4 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 65.9 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 16,566 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.7 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 116%

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Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 3,945 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,287x
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