MSI Z370I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B43)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	87.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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-7B43
Motherboard	MSI Z370I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B43) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171019
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 09:28
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 786 83% 663 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 143 Parallax 123 104% 131 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1091 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4350739197 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 67 (A8) Unknown 100 100 23 (A9) Unknown 100 100 179 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 43 184684773406 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1327149482293 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1854 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4646 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3899 (F2) Unknown 253 253 18379 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	87.6% Excellent	Read 503 Write 346 Mixed 302 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 19.6 117% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 47.1 96% 198 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 105%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 90GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd 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 1683 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 201 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 55 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 54 197569544221 (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 4989483169 (F7) Unknown 100 100 156299264 (F8) Unknown 100 100 73120959 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1937 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	85.4% Excellent	Read 483 Write 340 Mixed 340 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 25.4 109% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 44.2 96% 201 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 99%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 233639691 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 171 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 821250 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 133397389247216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 83 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 64 387186711 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4231 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 73014444055 (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 32018981192328 (F1) Unknown 100 253 636166715 (F2) Unknown 100 253 575228307 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	70.6% Very good	Read 120 Write 126 Mixed 80.4 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.14 97% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 29.8 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 35 SC Mixed 30.1 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

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Typical Z370I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B43) Builds (Compare 428 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI Z370I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B43)

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	116x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	69x
Core i7-9700KIntel $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	54x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	49x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	47x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	46x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	20x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 235%, 154,949 samples	17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	28x
M378A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 47%, 6,582 samples	26x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	15x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $629

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 $46

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