MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.8% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A32
Motherboard	MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '19 at 02:32
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 77 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 713 75% 599 Pts	64-Core 884 55% 884 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Asus(1043 047E) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Lighting 41.9 Reflection 31.1 Parallax 55.2 34% 42.8 fps	MRender 29.5 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 39.1 30% 36.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 256GB 11,716 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4130012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 196 195 193 172 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 332 Mixed 211 SusWrite 194 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 46.6 159% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 220 182% 262 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 90%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 123GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 487 484 487 488 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 485 Mixed 394 SusWrite 483 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 48.2 170% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 358 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 29GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 330 325 325 326 325 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 329 Mixed 318 SusWrite 327 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.1 152% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 184 157% 225 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 689GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 164 164 162 162 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 163 Mixed 99.3 SusWrite 163 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.9% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 26.4 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 21.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 104%

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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 $76Bench 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: 79% - Very good

Total price: $899

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 $184	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) $35	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