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

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (6th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 94 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	41.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210421
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '22 at 20:30
Run Duration	301 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	60%

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PC Performing way below expectations (6^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 below expectations (4^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 73.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 73% 131 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 612 60% 490 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 13A2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.95 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.1% Average	Lighting 17.4 Reflection 20.6 Parallax 110 14% 49.4 fps	MRender 156 Gravity 102 Splatting 94.5 93% 118 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$194 3,881 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 476 260 248 385 257 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 745 Write 249 Mixed 350 SusWrite 311 91% 414 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 26.1 101% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 871 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 333 312% 500 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 211%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 394GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 385 393 357 372 379 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 352 Write 356 Mixed 265 SusWrite 368 76% 335 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 54.5 4K Mixed 31.1 90% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 338 259% 352 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 124%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$149 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 480GB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 133 127 128 123 125 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.5% Average	Read 228 Write 126 Mixed 140 SusWrite 129 35% 156 MB/s	4K Read 9.4 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 13.6 58% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 160 137% 204 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 128%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 22GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 78 82 87 94 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 73 Write 84.6 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 84.8 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 544GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 91 86 95 84 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 68.8 Write 50.4 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 88.2 50% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 54,651 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 20 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.4 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 93.4 43% 93.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 118%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,217x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	247x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	132x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	345x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	260x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	105x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	97x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	83x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	119x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	87x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	78x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,094

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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