MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.9% 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	43.2% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (63%). 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 couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '18 at 19:52
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 824 78% 649 Pts	64-Core 1,096 68% 1,096 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 112 Parallax 95.8 90% 106 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 99.6 81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 103 103 107 107 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 212 Write 116 Mixed 136 SusWrite 107 32% 143 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 17.2 71% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 113 94% 136 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 806GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 172 168 160 160 162 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 146 Mixed 66 SusWrite 166 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 113%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050VS 500GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 425GB free Firmware: AZ0U1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 91 92 93 93 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 54 Write 68.2 Mixed 32 SusWrite 92 45% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 61%
EPSON Storage 4GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 4GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.3 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.3 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	5.11% Terrible	Read 10.2 Write 8 Mixed 7 SusWrite 8.4 11% 8.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 42% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 5.11% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$36 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.2% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 19.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 21.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 103%

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Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 3,958 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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,296x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	606x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	540x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	438x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	251x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	154x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	141x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	194x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	122x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $965

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16