MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	33.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170316
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 23:45
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (40^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 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 68.4 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 196 67% 121 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 698 65% 543 Pts	64-Core 1,012 63% 1,012 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 123 Parallax 105 63% 102 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 96.9 80% 98.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 164GB free Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 1,430 Write 271 Mixed 521 160% 741 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 10.2 79% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 44.1 DQ Mixed 10.3 15% 28.1 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 144%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 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 95 95 7887397 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 101756365197259 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1795 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 158 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 41 73017131041 (C2) HDA temperature 33 41 73017131041 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7887397 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7887397 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7887397 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20061 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13058 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13058 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15510	33.6% Below average	Read 171 Write 83.5 Mixed 103 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 8.49 67% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 14.9 DQ Write 93.2 DQ Mixed 25.3 28% 44.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 413GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 685 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 33507 (C2) HDA temperature 112 103 31 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 642 (F1) Unknown 200 200 2558552383 (F2) Unknown 200 200 2248256077	99% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 156 Mixed 155 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C DDR4 2x8GB 1,740 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 25.2 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 96%

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Gaming 78%

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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