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 above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	82.4% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7992
Motherboard	MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170505
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '17 at 04:16
Run Duration	90 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 82.2 2-Core 161 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 502 48% 398 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11434 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 359 (B1) Unknown 98 1 82 (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 60 55 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 243 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37020288942	82.4% Excellent	Read 511 Write 469 Mixed 484 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 20.6 105% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 69 DQ Mixed 20.5 24% 40.4 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 124%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 425GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 140 (03) Spinup time 145 145 21492203784 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1057 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 129 129 30 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 46891 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1031 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1342 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1342 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 223339216933 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	48.3% Average	Read 84.6 Write 83.5 Mixed 81.3 63% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.45 104% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	55% Above average	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 19.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 14.5 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 71%

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Typical 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992) Builds (Compare 193 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

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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

Total price: $189

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