MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	225% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (26%). 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 13:53
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 76.7 1-Core 98.8 2-Core 197 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 647 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 831 52% 831 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 2,488 Write 1,155 Mixed 1,310 362% 1,651 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 21.4 172% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 52 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 24.3 48% 92.7 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 543GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 200040936 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3197 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 26108154697 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11110 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3053 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 54 26190675993 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 336 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35702 (C2) HDA temperature 25 46 -140737488355303 (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 101326868457657 (F1) Unknown 100 253 54823612193 (F2) Unknown 100 253 65874854474	76.7% Very good	Read 127 Write 141 Mixed 118 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.25 82% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3500630NS 500GB-$53 3,965 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 466GB free Firmware: 3.AEG Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 97 233590682 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5617 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 98964222957 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4690 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 45 521732127 (C2) HDA temperature 31 55 73014444063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 81 57 8046320 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 250 3	43.1% Average	Read 76.3 Write 73.8 Mixed 69.7 55% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.31 83% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 43%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 320GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 6158 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2059 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5283 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1331 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 306 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 38282 (C2) HDA temperature 125 97 25 (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	65.3% Good	Read 117 Write 110 Mixed 103 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.27 94% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 84%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 112GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 85 85 5350 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4135 (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 97 97 14939 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2325 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 56 303169554 (C2) HDA temperature 78 54 370278422 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 27909 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	46.5% Average	Read 79.7 Write 82.3 Mixed 79.9 61% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.42 106% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 29.1 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 23.8 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 87 46% 87 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 110%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 76%

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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 $300	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