MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171214
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 18:57
Run Duration	321 Seconds
Run User	MUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 461 61% 459 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 353GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 147 1475 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1663 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2091 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1645 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 140 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15714 (C2) HDA temperature 108 96 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 98 98 1987 (F1) Unknown 200 200 10707817882 (F2) Unknown 200 200 27203796661 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	52.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 80.5 Mixed 97.5 71% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.16 65% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.CHH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1959 (05) Reallocated sector count 54 54 1872 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 607759201 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1956 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 51 823787566 (C2) HDA temperature 46 49 73014444078 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 71 79904861 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 6533 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 6542 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	15.6% Very poor	Read 0.47 Write 53.6 Mixed 53 28% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.4 87% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C14 1x16GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16.7 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 17.7 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 56%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,294x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	605x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	539x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	438x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	250x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	154x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $97Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	140x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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