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

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	127% 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	255% 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	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	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	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '18 at 08:52
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$177 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 160 2-Core 314 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 970 95% 777 Pts	64-Core 1,334 82% 1,334 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 200 Parallax 174 144% 184 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 172 Splatting 120 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$330 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 310GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,389 Write 1,386 Mixed 1,472 386% 1,749 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 46.3 160% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 756 DQ Write 385 DQ Mixed 245 269% 462 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 283%
Kingston SH103S3 480GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 51GB free Firmware: BBF0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5252476 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -94480690569975 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5943 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1699 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 45 60132491290 (C2) HDA temperature 26 45 60132491290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5252476 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5252476 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5252476 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 53164 (EA) Unknown 0 0 56017 (F1) Unknown 0 0 56017 (F2) Unknown 0 0 46470	65.9% Good	Read 524 Write 278 Mixed 355 85% 386 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 19.6 4K Mixed 16.3 70% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 99.9 DQ Mixed 64.5 72% 124 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 4x8GB 5,022 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 29.7 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 29.8 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 105%

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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 $177Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,244x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	252x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	133x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	350x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	261x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	106x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	99x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	78x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $50Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	123x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	88x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $105Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	78x

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