MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.8% 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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '18 at 16:45
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 80.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 248 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 678 74% 584 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 142 Parallax 118 105% 130 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 122 Splatting 106 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 271GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 338 318 317 318 312 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 459 Mixed 438 SusWrite 324 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 44 152% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 436GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 131 135 136 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 106 Write 86.7 Mixed 61 SusWrite 134 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: CR100-11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 77 77 74 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 78 Write 75.2 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 75.9 52% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 44%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 3TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Read 42.2 Write 41.2 Mixed 31 SusWrite 41.8 53% 39 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 123% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 59%
WD My Book 25DA 6TB 419 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free, PID 25da Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 44 50 51 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 48.7 Write 49.7 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 46.9 62% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 32% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 67%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 42 42 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 25 Write 37 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 41.5 45% 31.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0 11% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	66.6% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 20.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 18 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 103%

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

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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	2,286x
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 $133	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