MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	71.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7992
Motherboard	MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '17 at 04:22
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 64.8 2-Core 120 57% 90.2 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 368 35% 290 Pts	64-Core 349 22% 349 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 74.6 Reflection 115 Parallax 121 61% 104 fps	Gravity 125 Splatting 114 105% 119 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8198 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2649 (B1) Unknown 95 95 52 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 62 49 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 227 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31529241059	71.3% Very good	Read 487 Write 319 Mixed 331 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 32.2 4K Mixed 19 92% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 63.4 DQ Mixed 39.8 48% 87.5 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 611 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 153 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 64 57 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1677358606	85.6% Excellent	Read 493 Write 379 Mixed 401 94% 425 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 33.6 120% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 84.4 DQ Mixed 54.2 60% 103 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 734GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 121121517 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11061 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 301428107 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 5111 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 65549 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 555352095 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 27 121121517 (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 -121350005951674 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2404530394 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2070419789	56.8% Above average	Read 97.4 Write 100 Mixed 79.9 69% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.49 114% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X2G1333C9 CM3X2G1333C9 1866 CL10 Series 1866 CL10 Series 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 667, 667, 800, 800 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.6% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 12.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 10.8 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 44%

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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 $47Bench 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

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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 $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