MSI Z370I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B43)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B43
Motherboard	MSI Z370I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B43) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171019
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '18 at 05:33
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-8600K-$245 137,813 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	1-Core 126 2-Core 255 90% 191 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 733 81% 623 Pts	64-Core 743 50% 743 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$540 614,460 User benchmarks, average bench 105% Gigabyte(1458 3774) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 391 Reflection 379 Parallax 391 103% 387 fps	MRender 241 Gravity 381 Splatting 246 102% 289 fps
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$34 78,346 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 57 64 57 51 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 415 Write 356 Mixed 346 SusWrite 80.9 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 0.2 56% 134 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 85%
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV512TBN 512GB 6,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 181GB free Firmware: M0MU031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 472 273 246 247 248 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 423 Write 480 Mixed 382 SusWrite 325 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 43.3 168% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 328 249% 334 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 97%
USB 3.0 1TB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 677GB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 168 166 165 168 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 170 Mixed 134 SusWrite 167 118% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 97%
Generic MassStorageClass 128GB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 81GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 45 46 48 49 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	27% Poor	Read 91 Write 40.7 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 46.1 68% 56 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.4 96% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2666 C16 Series 1x16GB 270 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 51%

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

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Gaming 102%

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Desktop 112%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B43)

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $355Bench 94%, 381,974 samples	362x
Core i5-8600KIntel $245Bench 91%, 137,813 samples	239x
Core i5-8400Intel $200Bench 79%, 134,352 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 105%, 614,460 samples	143x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 131%, 436,654 samples	141x
GTX 1070Nvidia $346Bench 79%, 705,740 samples	103x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 203%, 156,948 samples	77x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $88Bench 274%, 142,208 samples	63x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $76Bench 237%, 85,829 samples	50x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 84%, 276,679 samples	74x
M378A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 49%, 1,359 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $80Bench 86%, 178,898 samples	34x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,058

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $205	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $375	Nvidia RTX 2060 $349	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $249

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14