MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 105% UFO


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 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	109% 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	75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '18 at 22:33
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

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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	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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 162 2-Core 325 105% 194 Pts	4-Core 651 8-Core 966 101% 808 Pts	64-Core 965 60% 965 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2777 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 157 Parallax 135 116% 145 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 141 Splatting 115 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 134 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 153 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 48 223339544613 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2674407256 (F7) Unknown 100 100 83796500 (F8) Unknown 100 100 29821824 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1922 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	75.1% Very good	Read 484 Write 334 Mixed 338 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 15.4 105% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 15.3 41% 80.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 98%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 34GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8297 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3017 (B1) Unknown 88 88 434 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 307 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18666936986	66.7% Good	Read 509 Write 215 Mixed 301 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 13.9 87% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 73 DQ Mixed 57.8 74% 138 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 393GB free Firmware: SD45 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44764898 (03) Spinup time 91 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17567 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 17232754078 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18735 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 26 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3927 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590589962 (BD) vendor-specific 63 63 37 (BE) vendor-specific 73 42 77763903515 (C2) HDA temperature 27 58 21474836507 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 29 44764898 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	45.2% Average	Read 79.4 Write 78.3 Mixed 72.7 58% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.26 60% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 387GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 60404019 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4863 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11708332 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4440 (B7) Unknown 87 87 13 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 471334940 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 73014444060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 21 60404019 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -38847979169148 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2554208540 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4258541700	52.7% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 88.5 Mixed 90.8 69% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.38 92% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$63 6,179 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 26.3 94% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 28.9 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 102%

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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	2,289x
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	537x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	437x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $964

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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