MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.4% 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	100% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170920
Uptime	12.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '18 at 02:43
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X-$60 30,050 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 74.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 793 72% 607 Pts	64-Core 1098 68% 1098 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.8.2 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 91 Parallax 160 81% 117 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 116 Splatting 130 94% 112 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2030 240GB SSD 590 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS203020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 306 307 294 124 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 999 Write 379 Mixed 430 SusWrite 244 113% 513 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 37.5 137% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 41.5 41% 61.7 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 197%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 0GB free Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 997 Write 744 Mixed 485 164% 742 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 32.9 138% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 22 30% 51.6 MB/s
Poor: 84% Great: 155%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 316GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 157 158 159 159 160 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 136 Write 122 Mixed 84 SusWrite 158 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 109%
HitachiG ST 2TB 424 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 259GB free, PID 1015 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 75 72 72 74 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Read 53 Write 55.5 Mixed 46 SusWrite 73.9 79% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	80% Very good	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 28.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 91.5 44% 91.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 100%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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