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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '18 at 19:03
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 258 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 642 75% 584 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 77.9 Parallax 67 64% 74.3 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 72.7 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 772GB free (System drive) Firmware: SC23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222689216 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 142 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 104996337 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 447 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 437649434 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 143 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 64424509466 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	74.6% Very good	Read 124 Write 137 Mixed 125 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.11 42% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB 1,384 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 95%

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Typical Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) Builds (Compare 1,967 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,218x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	247x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	132x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	345x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	260x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	105x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	97x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	83x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	119x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	87x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	78x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,094

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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