MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.2% 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	76.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	30.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '19 at 23:32
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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 i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 763 74% 610 Pts	64-Core 946 59% 946 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1601 MHz, MLim: 1955 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 77 91% 102 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 104 Splatting 90.3 79% 97.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 121 120 119 120 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 328 Write 261 Mixed 250 SusWrite 118 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 35.8 146% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 190 160% 235 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 94%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 829GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 135 135 135 135 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 150 Write 134 Mixed 111 SusWrite 135 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.9 201% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FD 2x8GB 12,603 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 22.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 96%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 3,967 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) - $206

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,301x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	606x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	264x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	541x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	438x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	251x

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	141x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	194x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	122x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $973

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16