MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	171% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A32
Motherboard	MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '19 at 17:48
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 209 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 770 71% 594 Pts	64-Core 1,108 68% 1,108 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3660) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3030 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	14.1% Very poor	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 52.3 Parallax 193 7% 84.6 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 0.23 Splatting 0.35 28% 41.4 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 876 635 631 637 633 591 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,735 Write 1,625 Mixed 726 SusWrite 667 265% 1,188 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 42.5 148% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 350 257% 338 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 254%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 442GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1123 1115 629 615 618 619 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,309 Write 1,117 Mixed 1,066 SusWrite 786 240% 1,070 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 54.6 178% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 368 270% 353 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 61GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 293 293 294 294 293 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 452 Mixed 399 SusWrite 311 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 45 151% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 335 252% 336 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 193 195 196 194 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 152 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 193 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3066 MHz clocked @ 1533 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 30.3 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 25.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 110%

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

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Typical X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) Builds (Compare 1,814 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 82%

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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 $40Bench 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