MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.5% 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	78.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170727
Uptime	11.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '17 at 18:44
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 202 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 726 64% 544 Pts	64-Core 1,012 63% 1,012 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 119 Parallax 108 93% 114 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 104 Splatting 85.3 77% 95.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th 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 1790 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1485 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 67 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 118692 (A5) Unknown 100 100 183 (A6) Unknown 100 100 73 (A7) Unknown 100 100 114 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 427 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 235 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 109115 (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 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 601941 (F2) Unknown 100 100 725998 (F5) Unknown 100 100 949536	78.9% Very good	Read 523 Write 368 Mixed 429 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 20.3 112% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 89.2 DQ Mixed 20.8 27% 46.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 103%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 177 7866 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1564 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2024 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 342 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8215 (C2) HDA temperature 121 102 31 (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	62.7% Good	Read 114 Write 104 Mixed 97.7 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.2 96% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 446GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 90 49069680 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2382 (05) Reallocated sector count 67 67 43936 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11721693 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4529 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 635 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 448 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 47 638976031 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16689 (C2) HDA temperature 31 53 73014444063 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 89 128 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 89 128 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 83343840380640 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -21575607302168 (F2) Unknown 100 253 117361276365508	82.1% Excellent	Read 145 Write 141 Mixed 116 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.25 78% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 113%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 236GB free Firmware: JA0OA560 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 166 166 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4071 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 6855 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1287 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 58014 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 206159151129 (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 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	41.4% Average	Read 94.7 Write 49.3 Mixed 95.3 61% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 32.2 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 25.7 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 95%

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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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 78% - Very good

Total price: $913

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