MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.5% 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	140% 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 (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180329
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '20 at 03:58
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 150 2-Core 293 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 892 89% 723 Pts	64-Core 1,214 75% 1,214 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 115 Parallax 103 86% 108 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 87.7 77% 94.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 269 259 191 165 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 988 Write 748 Mixed 447 SusWrite 231 134% 603 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 55.8 196% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 657 DQ Write 522 DQ Mixed 400 351% 526 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 155%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 124GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 326 325 321 318 318 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 326 Mixed 304 SusWrite 323 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 43.4 161% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 181 155% 222 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 97%
Intel 510 Series 250GB 777 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 25GB free Firmware: PWG4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 322 321 321 319 290 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 439 Write 319 Mixed 274 SusWrite 316 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 23.9 87% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 79.2 DQ Write 48.9 DQ Mixed 53.3 43% 60.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 65%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 187GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 63 63 62 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 50.5 Write 51 Mixed 47 SusWrite 62.8 39% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 852GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 150 151 150 150 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 150 Write 119 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 149 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 2x8GB 42,084 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 27 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 30.2 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 109%

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Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 3,944 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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,286x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	603x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	535x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	436x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	249x

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	140x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	194x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $964

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 $182	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) $30	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