MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	195% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171214
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '19 at 04:42
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th 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-$199 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 259 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 839 80% 659 Pts	64-Core 1,082 67% 1,082 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 1071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 120 Parallax 133 101% 125 fps	MRender 170 Gravity 119 Splatting 95.9 101% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 101 88 79 79 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 2,042 Write 681 Mixed 469 SusWrite 129 180% 830 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 50.1 216% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,074 DQ Write 743 DQ Mixed 839 646% 886 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 236%
Hgst HTS721075A9E630 512GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 133GB free Firmware: ST7S1031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 183 301 301 295 302 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	99.5% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 451 Mixed 385 SusWrite 299 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 41.4 151% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 206 189% 290 MB/s
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 104%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 115GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 64 63 66 66 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	47% Average	Read 98.8 Write 94.7 Mixed 72 SusWrite 64.4 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.7 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 95%

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Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) - $210

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,220x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	247x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	133x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	346x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	261x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	105x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	98x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	84x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	76x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	120x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	87x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	78x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $1,103

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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16