MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.4% 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	72.8% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A32
Motherboard	MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 21:44
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 80.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 216 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 783 73% 606 Pts	64-Core 1,185 73% 1,185 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 110 Parallax 104 93% 110 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 91.8 77% 93.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 15428658 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -65901978182389 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1299 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 91 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15428658 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15428658 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15428658 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11946 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11951 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11951 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15025	72.8% Very good	Read 524 Write 221 Mixed 263 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 13.6 99% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 11.3 66% 153 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 91%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 208GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^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 3925 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 316 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 78 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 38 266289217575 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3964705058 (F7) Unknown 100 100 123968212 (F8) Unknown 100 100 75074537 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3585 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	68.9% Good	Read 485 Write 343 Mixed 339 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 13.8 92% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 25.3 DQ Write 63.5 DQ Mixed 13.4 19% 34.1 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 104%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 179 5650 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 757 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4167 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 407 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 49795 (C2) HDA temperature 115 108 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	53.7% Above average	Read 89.1 Write 97.9 Mixed 99 72% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.19 89% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 96%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 115GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 173 5850 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1688 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 994 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 139 139 183671 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 33 (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	41.1% Average	Read 73.1 Write 69.8 Mixed 61 51% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 83%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 57GB free Firmware: CP100-13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4416 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8726 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12614 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4047 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 342453 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1180007 (BC) Unknown 100 100 53 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 29 (C2) HDA temperature 148 88 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 342453 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 12	45.2% Average	Read 78.3 Write 79.1 Mixed 76.8 59% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.32 83% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D30AETA.K16FE 2x8GB 3,148 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (84^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	101% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 34.3 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 28.7 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%

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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 $95Bench 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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $918

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 $182	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) $30	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