MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.8% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171214
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '18 at 06:24
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	93%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$125 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 83 1-Core 122 2-Core 243 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 718 78% 618 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 96.4 Reflection 105 Parallax 99.5 79% 100 fps	MRender 87.4 Gravity 87.4 Splatting 90.9 73% 88.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 228 100 1508 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1470 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3704 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3755 (A9) Unknown 100 100 20 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3713 (AE) Unknown 100 100 49 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 100 249108103212 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 124 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 377029 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10182 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4222	83.8% Excellent	Read 478 Write 425 Mixed 457 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 5.35 103% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 35.4 84% 172 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 78%
Samsung HD501LJ 4TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 68 74948985 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1438923 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 41871636168720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 55 756678700 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 44 45 90194313260 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 79 68 74948985 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 51337744089104 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1390397231 (F2) Unknown 100 253 82624214	73.8% Very good	Read 160 Write 95 Mixed 72.2 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 4.57 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 0.5 344% 3.45 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 74%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 392GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 131 3991 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3857 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2759 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 138 138 188973 (C2) HDA temperature 101 91 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.9% Good	Read 139 Write 97.6 Mixed 79.8 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.16 87% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$50 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 11.1 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 11.5 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 104%

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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 $190Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,328x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	610x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	266x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	545x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	439x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	252x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	155x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	144x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	195x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $50Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	123x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	86x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $1,029

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $160
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $383