MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '17 at 08:31
Run Duration	524 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 77.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 198 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 696 64% 535 Pts	64-Core 1,219 76% 1,219 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% MSI(1462 8A91) CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.9.2 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	22.2% Poor	Lighting 26.4 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 33.8 22% 29.7 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 25.8 Splatting 31.6 24% 28.5 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 49 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 66 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 61 61 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 440489802	89.6% Excellent	Read 512 Write 402 Mixed 419 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 25.6 132% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 41.8 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 25.7 48% 89.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110752664 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 90 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 95572 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 47 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 58 639828004 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 457 (C2) HDA temperature 36 42 85899345956 (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 11398843203598 (F1) Unknown 100 253 415075232 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4311474469	103% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 180 Mixed 175 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 54GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 142 Write 49.9 Mixed 59.3 90% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.62 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.66 108% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 39%
USB_DRIVE 4GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 8628 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	6.02% Terrible	Read 20.4 Write 4 Mixed 6.53 10% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 9.1 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 35% 3.04 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.02% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 29 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 25.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 86.1 46% 86.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 110%

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 82%

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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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	73x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	58x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $899

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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