MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	144% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7992
Motherboard	MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992) (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '17 at 00:05
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 81.7 2-Core 150 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 456 44% 366 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Lighting 86.7 Reflection 82 Parallax 70.6 71% 79.8 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 76.3 Splatting 75.7 62% 75 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 1,225 Write 898 Mixed 1,021 233% 1,048 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 15.8 132% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 44.5 DQ Write 77.6 DQ Mixed 61.5 46% 61.2 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 67167920 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 173 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9451164 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 350 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 171 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 505282590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 529 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 77309411358 (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 45303315038544 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2503106274 (F2) Unknown 100 253 206683531936	101% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 169 Mixed 158 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 182 6041 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3795 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 29015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3075 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1988 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 122 122 235509 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 33 (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	91.6% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 163 Mixed 152 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.52 132% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 57%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 154 6308 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4752 (05) Reallocated sector count 165 165 275 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29740 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3094 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4752 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 33 (C4) Reallocation count 133 133 67 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 194 31 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 194 28 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 193 1	91.8% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 162 Mixed 142 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 3.35 4K Mixed 0.52 148% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 51%
Samsung HD080HJ/P 80GB-$25 1,814 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 74GB free Firmware: ZH100-34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4288 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2299 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10654 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1310 (BE) vendor-specific 124 55 38 (C2) HDA temperature 124 55 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 18979 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	34.4% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 60.8 Mixed 57.4 44% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.46 109% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 4x8GB 2,056 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 14.5 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 77%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	86x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	24x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	42x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	14x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	13x

SSD
SA400M8240G 240GBKingstonBench 70%, 27,523 samples	13x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	11x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	4x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $189

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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