MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A32
Motherboard	MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '17 at 11:19
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X-$60 30,050 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 71.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 199 70% 125 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 741 65% 552 Pts	64-Core 1,240 77% 1,240 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.7% Very good	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 102 Parallax 92.7 80% 97.4 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 91.3 Splatting 74.7 68% 84.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 258GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10384 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 408 (B1) Unknown 98 98 26 (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 66 61 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23644163037	101% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 410 Mixed 413 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 41.7 149% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 80.3 98% 173 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1TB free Firmware: 04.05G11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 232 8566 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1268 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 397 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 172 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1095 (C2) HDA temperature 122 104 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.8% Average	Read 87.3 Write 79.1 Mixed 70.5 59% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.32 96% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3750641NS EIT 750GB 217 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 155GB free Firmware: 4AEK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 76 129926854 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7157 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 823826859 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 59512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2439 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 29 623116324 (C2) HDA temperature 36 71 81604378660 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 78 58 34914489 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	32.9% Below average	Read 68.8 Write 45.8 Mixed 3.2 28% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.24 62% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 42%
Maxtor STM3160813AS 160GB 1,148 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 26GB free Firmware: MC1J Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47960275 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9215 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 15 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 382173998 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35193 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 26 (0C) Power cycle count 95 37 5372 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 38655295677 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 728 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 572522528 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 47244640288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 27 47960275 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 5141 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -49456548381106 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2326085517 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1242182912	42.3% Average	Read 76.7 Write 70.3 Mixed 66.5 54% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.36 96% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 2,740 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 23.9 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.2 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 98.5 41% 98.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 98%

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Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) - $155

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $225Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	250x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	225x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	180x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	174x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	121x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	115x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	53x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	52x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	89x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	73x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	58x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $918

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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