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 as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	41% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

CPU throttled at 76% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A32
Motherboard	MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '17 at 23:26
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	76%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 76 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 821 79% 649 Pts	64-Core 1,300 80% 1,300 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20485 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3154 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 331 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 537856 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 5227504 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1023124533 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	41% Average	Read 254 Write 84.6 Mixed 39.5 27% 126 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 7.15 73% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 60.6 DQ Mixed 35.5 47% 89.4 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 44%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 49GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1567 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9026 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 511 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 656212003 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9451 (C2) HDA temperature 108 102 35 (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	79.5% Very good	Read 148 Write 129 Mixed 127 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.29 118% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 109%
Toshiba MK1637GSX 160GB-$4 1,633 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 38GB free Firmware: DL030M Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1633 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4589 (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 88 88 5180 (0A) Spinup retry count 191 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3504 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 110859 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 279173857312 (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 29 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 8386 (DE) Loaded hours 93 93 3063 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 324 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	15% Very poor	Read 24.3 Write 27.5 Mixed 27.3 20% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.25 64% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 24%
Hitachi HTS545016B9A300 160GB-$30 3,506 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 34GB free Firmware: PBBOC60N Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 206 206 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2758 (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 80 80 8808 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1805 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 131146 (C2) HDA temperature 196 196 206159282204 (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	24.6% Poor	Read 41.4 Write 44.1 Mixed 41.8 32% 42.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.23 55% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 34%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 32GB free Firmware: ST6OA3BF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 114 (03) Spinup time 121 121 38685770197 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2623 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11905 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1110 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2831 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2831 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 206159675432 (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	41.3% Average	Read 79.2 Write 64.3 Mixed 65 52% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.31 84% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 63%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 2GB free Firmware: 0005HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 76 174761379 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6053 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 33 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 68264296 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3484 (B7) Unknown 100 253 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 7144 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885164063 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 588972061 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 159 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 2 2 197090 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 17179869213 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 45 174761379 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 33 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	27.6% Poor	Read 49.5 Write 46.4 Mixed 41.1 34% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.31 66% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 28.4 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.1 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 101%

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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 $95Bench 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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $918

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