MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	131% 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	124% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '22 at 13:27
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	77%

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PC Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	53% Above average	Memory 68.8 1-Core 46.6 2-Core 87 43% 67.5 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 379 35% 290 Pts	64-Core 305 19% 305 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% EVGA(3842 4755) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 196 Parallax 194 147% 190 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 150 Splatting 124 123% 155 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 647 642 697 754 772 751 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 1,094 Write 1,361 Mixed 667 SusWrite 710 216% 958 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 23.6 4K Mixed 21.5 71% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 287 225% 313 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 355%
Intenso Sata III 127GB 2,962 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 66GB free Firmware: Q0303B SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 145 144 145 147 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 367 Write 147 Mixed 188 SusWrite 144 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 33.1 4K Mixed 21 68% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 148 116% 162 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 89%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$155 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 114GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 281 338 336 361 386 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 323 Write 318 Mixed 330 SusWrite 327 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 26.5 77% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 337 256% 345 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 124%
WD WD8001FFWX-68J1UN0 8TB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 7.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 196 202 200 193 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 193 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 196 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 921GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 118 115 104 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 139 Write 135 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 113 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$36 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	68.5% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 25.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.4 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 103%

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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	2,292x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	605x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	539x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	438x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	250x

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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $964

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16