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

Performance Results


Gaming 144% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 136% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	134% 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	222% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '18 at 08:51
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$193 746,287 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 (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 160 2-Core 317 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 625 8-Core 1,026 101% 825 Pts	64-Core 1,312 81% 1,312 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2990 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 201 Parallax 202 155% 198 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 182 Splatting 128 119% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 223GB free Firmware: SAFM22.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1024 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 191 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 532 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131102 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 122 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 398	93.6% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 440 Mixed 479 107% 480 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 13.3 115% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 57.9 111% 219 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 99%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,050 Write 1,247 Mixed 1,239 334% 1,512 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 27.1 177% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 111 128% 224 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 236%
Intel 545s Series 256GB-$79 17,432 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 68GB free Firmware: LHF002C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 643 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 400 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 21475950593 (AE) Unknown 100 100 213 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 42 42 38657458218 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 213 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 51134 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EC) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 51134 (F2) Unknown 100 100 32844 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1368 (FC) Unknown 100 100 5	78.6% Very good	Read 499 Write 226 Mixed 261 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 22.2 121% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 43 77% 154 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 117%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 53GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 804 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 199 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 128 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 59 176094314533 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2190850328 (F7) Unknown 100 100 68545558 (F8) Unknown 100 100 39991674 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1930 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	83.9% Excellent	Read 484 Write 341 Mixed 337 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 22.6 110% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 41.4 88% 181 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 99%
WD easystore 25FA 2TB 545 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 106 Write 97 Mixed 100 129% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.23 67% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 27 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 43.2 SC Mixed 31.3 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 107%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,220x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	247x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	133x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	346x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	261x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	105x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	98x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	84x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	76x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	120x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	87x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	78x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $1,093

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16