MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	106% 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	61.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

6 days ago, 6 days ago.

System	MSI MS-7992
Motherboard	MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 22:42
Run Duration	355 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD FX-8350-$121 69,569 User benchmarks - Average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	57% Above average	SC Int 80.8 SC Float 72.8 SC Mixed 78.1 62% 77.2 Pts	QC Int 280 QC Float 236 QC Mixed 276 60% 264 Pts	MC Int 494 MC Float 426 MC Mixed 488 71% 470 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$380 125,269 User benchmarks - Average bench 100% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 338 Reflection 304 Parallax 350 103% 331 fps	MRender 202 Gravity 301 Splatting 233 107% 245 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$160 9,064 User benchmarks - Average bench 71% 317GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (33^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 100 100 256 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 124 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 89 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 60 171800068123 (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 2285482185 (F7) Unknown 100 100 71442598 (F8) Unknown 100 100 9002908 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1941 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	66.3% Good	Read 441 Write 292 Mixed 288 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 20.6 83% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 94.4 DQ Mixed 46.4 55% 98.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 86%
Adata SP550NS38 240GB 270 User benchmarks - Average bench 65% 193GB free Firmware: P0414B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T 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 36 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 153 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 148 (A3) Unknown 100 100 20 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4604 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 50 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22038 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18334 (F5) Unknown 100 100 18416	61.8% Good	Read 443 Write 230 Mixed 252 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 32.3 4K Mixed 20.3 81% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 81.1 DQ Mixed 43.5 54% 97.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 78%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$73 20,394 User benchmarks - Average bench 64% 98GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 100 1585 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1292 (A6) Unknown 100 100 340 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 349 (A9) Unknown 100 100 54 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 346 (AE) Unknown 100 100 801 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 100 279172874270 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 87 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 11 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 77957 (F1) Unknown 253 253 29188 (F2) Unknown 253 253 30944	69.2% Good	Read 492 Write 353 Mixed 398 92% 415 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 4.38 74% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 26.7 60% 125 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 83%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 404 User benchmarks - Average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 6544, Kingston Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	6.17% Terrible	Read 28.8 Write 4.62 Mixed 7.6 13% 13.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.09 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.01 16% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.17% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 282 User benchmarks - Average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43.4% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 64%

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 45%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $121Bench 57%, 69,569 samples	250x
FX-6300AMD $83Bench 48%, 48,836 samples	79x
FX-8370AMD $149Bench 57%, 5,944 samples	71x

GPU
RX 480AMD $410Bench 66%, 46,368 samples	82x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $269Bench 71%, 82,026 samples	70x
GTX 1050 TiNvidia $149Bench 38%, 30,522 samples	60x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $97Bench 96%, 143,814 samples	54x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $60Bench 47%, 69,571 samples	27x
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $60Bench 59%, 12,735 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperX $118Bench 58%, 16,855 samples	32x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 53%, 303 samples	17x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 9,978 samples	14x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $745

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $295	Nvidia GTX 1070 $380	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $97
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $268	AMD RX 480 $410	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $120
Intel Core i5-7600K $235	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $269	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $159

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $137	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $83	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $714	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $23
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $44	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $128	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13