MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	123% 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	113% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '19 at 14:56
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-8700K-$355 380,080 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	1-Core 132 2-Core 262 93% 197 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 809 83% 652 Pts	64-Core 1,001 67% 1,001 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$650 115,200 User benchmarks, average bench 122% EVGA(3842 2183) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Lighting 479 Reflection 401 Parallax 546 126% 475 fps	MRender 381 Gravity 432 Splatting 241 124% 351 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$55 518,957 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 211 165 227 229 228 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 474 Mixed 409 SusWrite 236 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 57.6 203% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 125%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 10,596 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 112GB free Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 335 331 321 321 318 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 463 Mixed 458 SusWrite 334 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 60 210% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 128%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 10,412 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 447GB free Firmware: UG4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 156 163 248 268 270 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 449 Write 368 Mixed 292 SusWrite 244 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 18.7 71% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 95.5 DQ Mixed 41.5 49% 85 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$59 252,011 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 51 52 54 53 52 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$168 10,109 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.1 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 109%

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Gaming 113%

UFO

Desktop 112%

UFO

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) - $200

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $355Bench 92%, 380,080 samples	5,740x
Core i5-8600KIntel $245Bench 91%, 144,464 samples	1,847x
Core i7-8700Intel $340Bench 88%, 146,401 samples	467x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 131%, 401,281 samples	1,937x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 103%, 554,017 samples	1,812x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $280Bench 57%, 752,541 samples	880x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 171,000 samples	651x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $97Bench 113%, 414,632 samples	577x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 518,957 samples	533x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 84%, 268,353 samples	700x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $75Bench 86%, 103,800 samples	579x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $65Bench 89%, 86,177 samples	474x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $1,521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24