MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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	90.4% 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	231% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '17 at 22:22
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 5 GHz, turbo 6.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 159 2-Core 320 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 631 8-Core 1,030 102% 830 Pts	64-Core 1,337 83% 1,337 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 118 Parallax 101 94% 111 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 1TB 1,324 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 822GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 2 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14920 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 604 (B1) Unknown 86 1 273 (B3) Unknown 99 99 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 99 99 2 (B7) Unknown 99 99 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 35 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1051 (EB) Unknown 99 99 188 (F1) Unknown 99 99 460751415724	97% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 419 Mixed 427 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 28.5 154% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 44.4 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 28.6 47% 86.2 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 128%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,081 Write 1,110 Mixed 1,120 316% 1,437 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 195 4K Mixed 37 234% 95.8 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 260 201% 267 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 243%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7059 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1765 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 6762 (0A) Spinup retry count 135 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 411 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 89 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3922 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 214749478957 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 94 94 2722 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 285 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	82.4% Excellent	Read 150 Write 137 Mixed 136 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.52 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.3 136% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 104%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 156GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 138 3875 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7378 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43405 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1146 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 374 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7003 (C2) HDA temperature 106 98 37 (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	49.2% Average	Read 86.6 Write 84.6 Mixed 83.5 64% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.4 102% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x16GB 8,931 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 15.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 57%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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